Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:42:27 +0100 (CET) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][Trivial] Fix up version number reference in include/trace/events/power.h |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > -/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (2.6.41) */ > > > +/* This code will be removed after deprecation time exceeded (3.1) */ > > > > Shouldn't the real fix be to remove this code? What's the use of > > changing the version number that this code will be removed from, when > > the change won't get in until after the version that this code should > > have been removed? > > > > This is like updating 2014 calendars to say the world will end in 2012. > > > Heh, yeah, in a way you are right. But we have lots of code in the kernel > that says it will be removed at <some date in the past>, so I just figured > that if this code ends up hanging around it should at least display the > correct version number for when it /should/ have been removed. > The actual removal I'll leave up to others.
Funny thing. Okay, this doesn't seem to be in linux-next, so I am taking it.
Steven, planning to drop the code in a near future? :)
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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