The patch titled
viafb: deprecate private ioctls
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
viafb-deprecate-private-ioctls.patch
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Subject: viafb: deprecate private ioctls
From: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx>
Print a warning when viafb ioctls are called. Those should not be used as
their exact meaning is sometimes unknown and they in parts duplicate
functionality present in the framebuffer interface.
There is no known user of these ioctls.
Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx>
Cc: Joseph Chan <JosephChan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Scott Fang <ScottFang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c~viafb-deprecate-private-ioctls drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
--- a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c~viafb-deprecate-private-ioctls
+++ a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static int viafb_ioctl(struct fb_info *i
u32 gpu32;
DEBUG_MSG(KERN_INFO "viafb_ioctl: 0x%X !!\n", cmd);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "viafb_ioctl: Please avoid this interface as it is unstable and might change or vanish at any time!\n");
memset(&u, 0, sizeof(u));
switch (cmd) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx are
viafb-deprecate-private-ioctls.patch
viafb-remove-dead-code.patch
viafb-split-global-index-up.patch
viafb-remove-the-remaining-via_res_-uses.patch
viafb-some-dvi-cleanup.patch
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