Re: [PATCH] Delete obsolete RAW driver feature.

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.

Dave

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