Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/7] iohandlers: Mark current implementation as 'old'

[Amit Shah]

On (Tue) 22 Feb 2011 [15:28:59], Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 02/22/2011 01:17 PM, Amit Shah wrote:
> >On (Tue) 22 Feb 2011 [13:09:34], Avi Kivity wrote:
> >>  On 02/22/2011 12:18 PM, Amit Shah wrote:
> >>  >Mark the current iohandler list as 'old'.  In the next commit we'll
> >>  >introduce a new iohandler api that will replace the list name.
> >>  >
> >>  >The 'old' list will eventually be completely replaced by the new
> >>  >implementation.
> >>
> >>  A better way to do this is to implement the old API in terms of the
> >>  new API.  This ensures you don't lose any functionality, and reduces
> >>  the amount of low-level infrastructure.
> >
> >With this new approach of switching to just one callback, that is more
> >work for little gain as we'll just deprecate the older API soon.  (The
> >previous patches used this approach, btw.)
> 
> Does "deprecate" mean "completely remove"?
> 
> If so I agree.

Yes, completely removing the older API is the plan (as noted in
message 00).

                Amit