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On 07/13/2012 04:04 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 05:58:25AM +0000, Duncan wrote |
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>> They're seriously thinking about (and may be planning on) removing |
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>> that option from the kernel entirely, to keep people configuring |
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>> their first kernels from getting themselves in trouble, but of course |
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>> that's now part of the kernel/userspace interface, so it isn't allowed |
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>> to just disappear like kernel/kernel interfaces can. At minimum |
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>> they'd likely have to have it on the deprecation and removal schedule |
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>> for awhile. (I've not checked to see if it's there already.) |
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> So what happens to people using mdev? Do we have to switch from |
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> Linu-x to Lenna-x? |
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mdev would need to switch to the netlink hotplug interface. |
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