ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
mariux64 · Feb 26, 2008 · d48567d · d48567d
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
 
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+What:	ide-tape driver
+When:	July 2008
+Files:	drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+Why:	This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no
+	reason is an effort no one wants to make.
+Who:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov
+	<petkovbb@googlemail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What: libata spindown skipping and warning
 When: Dec 2008
 Why:  Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -3765,6 +3765,11 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	g->fops = &idetape_block_ops;
 	ide_register_region(g);
 
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "It is possible that this driver does not have any"
+		" users anymore and, as a result, it will be REMOVED soon."
+		" Please notify Bart <bzolnier@gmail.com> or Boris"
+		" <petkovbb@gmail.com> in case you still need it.\n");
+
 	return 0;
 
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