On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 03:39:44PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> i just want to clarify how to identify how much can be deleted when
> looking at a combination of source files, header files, a Makefile and
> a Kconfig file.
>
> consider sound/oss/dmasound/Makefile:
>
> ==========
> dmasound_pmac-y += dmasound_awacs.o \
> trans_16.o dac3550a.o tas_common.o \
> tas3001c.o tas3001c_tables.o \
> tas3004.o tas3004_tables.o
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_DMASOUND_ATARI) += dmasound_core.o dmasound_atari.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DMASOUND_PMAC) += dmasound_core.o dmasound_pmac.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DMASOUND_PAULA) += dmasound_core.o dmasound_paula.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DMASOUND_Q40) += dmasound_core.o dmasound_q40.o
> ==========
>
> now, there is no longer any CONFIG_DMASOUND_PMAC Kconfig variable,
> so i'm assuming that i can remove that one line from the Makefile, as
> well as the source file dmasound_pmac.c. so far, easy.
Andrew wanted me to remove the options first (as described in
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt), and I'll remove this code
in 2.6.24.
> in addition, i'm not *entirely* familiar with how a variable of the
> form "dmasound_pmac-y" is processed, but i'm assuming that, since
> dmasound_pmac.c no longer exists, any corresponding source files in
> that list that aren't also referenced elsewhere can also be deleted.
> (in this case, it appears to be the entire list.)
>
> does that make sense? this would remove the vast majority of that
> entire directory, but that looks like the logical conclusion based on
> what i see.
>
> thoughts?
Conclusion is correct, but as said above it's already scheduled and I'll
remove it then.
> rday
cu
Adrian
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