Re: [2.6 patch] more ftape removal

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sat Dec 16 2006 - 12:22:32 EST


On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:36:37AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >This patch removes some more ftape code.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> this affects userspace exported headers, so I'm not sure we want to kill
> that. even if the interface is gone is current kernels, people might
> want to build binaries against these headers that work on older kernels.

Can you be more specific?

Building ftape-utils has already been broken by you removing four
userspace exported ftape headers in your ftape removal patch.

> Jeff

cu
Adrian

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