[PATCH 0/1] Renaming 'struct flash_platform_data' into 'struct spi_flash_platform_data' in include/linux/spi/flash.h

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Mon Jan 24 12:52:22 EST 2011


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Alexis RODET <alexis.rodet at bvs-tech.com> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> In facts I don't know which git URL to clone for getting linux-next as patch base, can you tell me ?
> I'm working on last stable release from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git

Be warned, it is rebased every night.

> I wonder also what to do if people keep committing new files with old structure name:
> What should I put to make the define generate a "deprecated" warning ?

The spi flash_platform_data structure is almost a complete subset of
the arm one.  Rather than renaming everything, why not simply
consolidate the structure definition?  Consolidating will have much
lower impact.

g.

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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.



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