On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:17:51AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:12:42AM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:43:18PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:24:33AM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > > > > > > Then a printk() on every open() should be enough. We've all been > seeing > > > > "Warning: tcpdump uses obsolete AF_PACKET"... and it finally > disappeared. > > > > > > There's a difference. We have the source for tcpdump. > > > > But what's the problem with "warning: process XXX uses obsolete raw driver > > and may not work anymore after 2007/XX/XX if not fixed" ? > > The target audience isn't going to read it.
Yes they will if you write it with KERN_CRIT. It will show up on all their consoles every time their process starts up. What is right is that those people preferably use vendors' distro and generally do not compile their kernels themselves, unless there are internal skills and good motivation to do so. Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
