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authorFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>2010-03-10 23:21:26 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-12 23:52:32 (GMT)
commitcc8b82f8c80e8b9e212e0102ee7af9972829e45c (patch)
tree7ab8d18d8aba141dd8f98b29f95d05d8ddb662e8
parentc1c341a060da1bd66a1982198b1a99765b07b8a2 (diff)
downloadlinux-cc8b82f8c80e8b9e212e0102ee7af9972829e45c.tar.xz
viafb: deprecate private ioctls
Print a warning when viafb ioctls are called. Those should not be used as their exact meaning is sometimes unknown and they in parts duplicate functionality present in the framebuffer interface. There is no known user of these ioctls. Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> Cc: Joseph Chan <JosephChan@via.com.tw> Cc: Scott Fang <ScottFang@viatech.com.cn> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c b/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
index 3028e7d..156a900 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static int viafb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
u32 gpu32;
DEBUG_MSG(KERN_INFO "viafb_ioctl: 0x%X !!\n", cmd);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "viafb_ioctl: Please avoid this interface as it is unstable and might change or vanish at any time!\n");
memset(&u, 0, sizeof(u));
switch (cmd) {