Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:56:59 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 000/493] remove CONFIG_HOTPLUG as an option |
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:46:11 +0000 Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@virginia.edu> wrote: > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG is no longer an optional setting. In order to remove > > it as on option code paths that check CONFIG_HOTPLUG will removed > > along with the attributes __devexit_p, __devexit, __devinitconst, and > > __devinitdata. > > > > I'll save the list from the mailbomb of this huge patchset. The > > patches themselves are going to Greg KH for the driver core tree. > > > > > > Bill Pemberton (493): > [...] > > 2942 files changed, 11645 insertions(+), 12116 deletions(-) > > So, I've got no problem with the reason for the change and I don't > even think you need my ack for the bits that I maintain (though you > have it if you want it). However, this looks like it is going to be > /painful/. First of all it will touch a huge number of files in the > tree. Yes the change is trivial, but it will require manual fixups on > a lot of patches.
Yeah, this is dopey. Send the script to Linus and ask him to run it seven seconds before he releases -rc1, when everyone's trees are empty(ish). Or send him a single megapatch at that time.
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