from a quick google, it appears that those two kernel calls have been deprecated for a while, but there's still a *lot* of that left in the kernel and, more to the point, newer drivers coming in that continue to make those calls. i'm thinking that the scripts/checkpatch.pl utility should flag those calls in new patch submissions. or are they not really that deprecated after all? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday "Kernel Newbie Corner" column @ linux.com: http://cli.gs/WG6WYX ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ