On 05/28/2013 10:26 AM, Rob Landley wrote: >> >> So, could I just use UNSED to replace OBSOLETE here? Or use >> "OBSOLETE/UNUSED"? > > Obsolete is fine. > > Obsolete means it was used at some point, and thus reusing it might > confuse or conflcit with legacy software. Unused could just mean that we > left a gap for some reason, it doesn't imply it ever was used. > > Explicitly documenting "unused" is kind of silly: all the ones we > _don't_ document are presumably unused. Obsolete carries with it a very > mild warning about legacy software, which is presumably why we still > bother to mention it at all instead of just removing the entry. > > (Then again the point was that nothing ever used this interface in the > first place. Personally I'd just have removed the entry...) > "Obsolete" in this specific context means that the reservation is obsolete, but was used in kernels past, therefore the name and number should not be reused to prevent old software from misbehaving. -hpa
