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SubjectRe: [PATCH] deprecate pci_module_init
On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 08:33:31PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> There's nothing bad about it, it's a useless indirection but doesn't
> cause harm.

part of the patch is the __much_check, i redo that and submit that
with some driver fixes later

> If you want it to be removed submit patches to the drivers using it
> instead of adding such warnings. Once your down to very few drivers
> you can deprecate it.

i'm happy to do so --- but it's not clear to me

(1) is s/pci_module_init/pci_register_driver/ suffices or something
else needs to be done

(2) how this will affect drivers also used in 2.4.x, as jeff pointed
out some drivers are identical (or could be) for both kernels.
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