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[NETLINK]: Schedule removal of old macros exported to userspace


Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>

Index: net-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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--- net-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2006-12-09 11:29:25.000000000 +0100
+++ net-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2006-12-09 11:37:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ be removed from this file.
 
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+What:	Netlink message and attribute parsing macros
+When:	July 2007
+Why:	The old interface which often lead to buggy code has been replaced
+	with a new type safe interface. Parts of this interface, mainly
+	macros, has been exported to userspace via linux/netlink.h and
+	linux/rtnetlink.h. Use of this interface is discontinued, all helper
+	and utility macros will be removed. Userspace applications should use
+	one of the available libraries.
+Who:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	/sys/devices/.../power/state
 	dev->power.power_state
 	dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)()


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