Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++-- drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a7d9d17..147bb63 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --------------------------- ---------------------------- - What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4 When: May 2008 Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb. @@ -338,3 +336,15 @@ Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainabilit and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware are not provided by Broadcom anymore. Who: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> + +--------------------------- + +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 <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov + <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> + +--------------------------- diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c index 2e6198f..86f206b 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c @@ -3803,6 +3803,11 @@ 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 <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> or Boris" + " <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxx> in case you still need it.\n"); + return 0; out_free_tape: -- 1.5.3.7 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
