Re: another attempt to kill off linux/config.h

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Oct 04 2006 - 07:25:10 EST


On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 03:44:34AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> Every time I (or someone else) gets a patch included
> removing explicit includes of linux/config.h, another few creep
> into the tree a day or so later.
>
> Lets kill them all for good.
>
> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/configh.git
>
> is a git tree killing off all the current users in tree,
> and adds a #warn to include/linux/config.h that it's going away.
> (This should still leave as-yet-unmerged trees compiling,
> and hopefully get them fixed before they get merged)
> We can then remove the file for real just before 2.6.19

Removing it for real will be a pain for external modules.
They could of course detect that it is missing and then
drop it.
I would suggest to keep the #warning in 2.6.19 and only
remove it for real for 2.6.20.

Sam
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