Re: [PATCH 1/1] mxser, remove it

[Michael Tokarev]

Jiri Slaby wrote:
> (Old) mxser is obsoleted by mxser_new and scheduled for removal on Dec 2007.
> Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |    8 -
>  drivers/char/Kconfig                       |   11 -
>  drivers/char/Makefile                      |    1 -
>  drivers/char/mxser.c                       | 3141 ----------------------------
>  drivers/char/mxser.h                       |  441 ----
>  5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3602 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/char/mxser.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/char/mxser.h

While we're at it, how about adding a modalias for mxser_new
module with old (being removed) name, so that users who're
using the old module will not scream?  I mean, in order for
`modprobe mxser' to load mxser_new module.

/mjt
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