Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Fri Feb 01 2008 - 20:29:50 EST


On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:38:42PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> ---------------------------
> Ping?
> What: vm_ops.nopage
> When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
> Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
> forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to
> maintain.
> Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>

Well the in-kernel callers have not all been converted yet. I have
actually done the work, but it needs testing and merging by maintainers.
Getting it done during this merge window would be nice, I'm going to
try to make that happen after I get back from LCA. Otherwise probably
2.6.26.
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