Re: [PATCH][Trivial] Fix up version number reference ininclude/trace/events/power.h

[Jiri Kosina]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> > > -/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (2.6.41) */
> > > +/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (3.1) */
> > 
> > Shouldn't the real fix be to remove this code? What's the use of
> > changing the version number that this code will be removed from, when
> > the change won't get in until after the version that this code should
> > have been removed?
> > 
> > This is like updating 2014 calendars to say the world will end in 2012.
> > 
> Heh, yeah, in a way you are right. But we have lots of code in the kernel 
> that says it will be removed at <some date in the past>, so I just figured 
> that if this code ends up hanging around it should at least display the 
> correct version number for when it /should/ have been removed.
> The actual removal I'll leave up to others.

Funny thing. Okay, this doesn't seem to be in linux-next, so I am taking 
it.

Steven, planning to drop the code in a near future? :)

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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