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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4d3aa519ead..ba899ff2a8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- +What: ide-tape driver +When: July 2008 +Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no + reason is an effort no one wants to make. +Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov + <petkovbb@googlemail.com> + +--------------------------- + What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c index 0598ecfd5f3..43e0e055777 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c @@ -3765,6 +3765,11 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive) g->fops = &idetape_block_ops; ide_register_region(g); + printk(KERN_WARNING "It is possible that this driver does not have any" + " users anymore and, as a result, it will be REMOVED soon." + " Please notify Bart <bzolnier@gmail.com> or Boris" + " <petkovbb@gmail.com> in case you still need it.\n"); + return 0; out_free_tape: |