[PATCH 2/2] Warn on loading module-dbus-protocol

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See also
https://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-audio-dev at lists.launchpad.net/msg00268.html

The warning may be useful for users who carried over the module-loading
statement from default configuration files shipped with old PulseAudio
versions.

Signed-off-by: Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov at gmail.com>
---
 src/modules/dbus/module-dbus-protocol.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/dbus/module-dbus-protocol.c b/src/modules/dbus/module-dbus-protocol.c
index ab5546f..e5f1221 100644
--- a/src/modules/dbus/module-dbus-protocol.c
+++ b/src/modules/dbus/module-dbus-protocol.c
@@ -529,6 +529,11 @@ int pa__init(pa_module *m) {
 
     pa_assert(m);
 
+    pa_log_warn("module-dbus-protocol is currently unsupported, and can sometimes cause PulseAudio crashes.");
+    pa_log_warn("The most popular use cases for module-dbus-protocol are related to changing "
+                "equalizer settings and LADSPA plugin parameters at runtime.");
+    pa_log_warn("If you don't use such functionality, it's possible that you don't actually need this module.");
+
     if (!(ma = pa_modargs_new(m->argument, valid_modargs))) {
         pa_log("Failed to parse module arguments.");
         goto fail;
-- 
2.1.3



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