Add a deprecated_for_modules macro that allows symbols to be deprecated only when used by modules, as suggested by Andrew Morton some months back.
Signed-off-by: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -urpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.12-rc1/include/linux/module.h linux-2.6.12-rc1-bettersk/include/linux/module.h --- linux-2.6.12-rc1/include/linux/module.h Thu Mar 31 09:53:20 2005 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-bettersk/include/linux/module.h Sat Apr 2 11:47:43 2005 @@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ void *__symbol_get_gpl(const char *symbo #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) \ __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_gpl") +#ifdef MODULE +#define deprecated_for_modules __deprecated +#else +#define deprecated_for_modules +#endif + #endif struct module_ref - 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/