diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5c88ba1ea262..1a9e600a73a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -314,3 +314,20 @@ Why: Code was merged, then submitter immediately disappeared leaving Who: David S. Miller --------------------------- + +What: read_dev_chars(), read_conf_data{,_lpm}() (s390 common I/O layer) +When: December 2007 +Why: These functions are a leftover from 2.4 times. They have several + problems: + - Duplication of checks that are done in the device driver's + interrupt handler + - common I/O layer can't do device specific error recovery + - device driver can't be notified for conditions happening during + execution of the function + Device drivers should issue the read device characteristics and read + configuration data ccws and do the appropriate error handling + themselves. +Who: Cornelia Huck + +--------------------------- + diff --git a/include/asm-s390/ccwdev.h b/include/asm-s390/ccwdev.h index cfc81533b9ba..6795ecefd15b 100644 --- a/include/asm-s390/ccwdev.h +++ b/include/asm-s390/ccwdev.h @@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ extern int ccw_device_resume(struct ccw_device *); extern int ccw_device_halt(struct ccw_device *, unsigned long); extern int ccw_device_clear(struct ccw_device *, unsigned long); -extern int read_dev_chars(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int length); -extern int read_conf_data(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int *length); -extern int read_conf_data_lpm(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, +extern int __deprecated read_dev_chars(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int length); +extern int __deprecated read_conf_data(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int *length); +extern int __deprecated read_conf_data_lpm(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int *length, __u8 lpm); extern int ccw_device_set_online(struct ccw_device *cdev);