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Exported symbols and the internal API

Exported symbols and the internal API

Posted Sep 23, 2007 6:54 UTC (Sun) by kzm (guest, #47358)
In reply to: Exported symbols and the internal API by dwheeler
Parent article: Exported symbols and the internal API

..and if the counter argument is that people will just ignore it, make the warning require action by the user. "Warning: module foo uses deprecated functionality, and will break with the next kernel. Press Enter to continue." That'll get you bug reports.

-k


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