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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2005-11-15 00:09:11 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-11-15 08:59:19 -0800
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[PATCH] md: mark START_ARRAY deprecated with a date
This was marked deprecated "after 2.6" back in the 2.5 days. But now it seems there isn't going to be any "after 2.6", and we deprecate by date now. So set a date. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -140,3 +140,12 @@ What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
When: January 2006
Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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+---------------------------
+
+What: START_ARRAY ioctl for md
+When: July 2006
+Files: drivers/md/md.c
+Why: Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed.
+ Alternatives exist
+Who: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>