ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 0598ecfd5f37..43e0e0557776 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -3765,6 +3765,11 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
         g->fops = &idetape_block_ops;
         ide_register_region(g);
 
+        printk(KERN_WARNING "It is possible that this driver does not have any"
+                " users anymore and, as a result, it will be REMOVED soon."
+                " Please notify Bart <bzolnier@gmail.com> or Boris"
+                " <petkovbb@gmail.com> in case you still need it.\n");
+
         return 0;
 
 out_free_tape: