From: Borislav Petkov Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:50:36 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc4~151^2~3 X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d48567dd43868b3d2e1fcc33ee76dc2d38a1ddeb;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4d3aa519ead..ba899ff2a8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown --------------------------- +What: ide-tape driver +When: July 2008 +Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no + reason is an effort no one wants to make. +Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Borislav Petkov + + +--------------------------- + What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c index 0598ecfd5f3..43e0e055777 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c @@ -3765,6 +3765,11 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive) g->fops = &idetape_block_ops; ide_register_region(g); + printk(KERN_WARNING "It is possible that this driver does not have any" + " users anymore and, as a result, it will be REMOVED soon." + " Please notify Bart or Boris" + " in case you still need it.\n"); + return 0; out_free_tape: