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28.Dd August 16, 2021
29.Dt GONE_IN 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gone_in ,
33.Nm gone_in_dev
34.Nd deprecation notice functions
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/systm.h
37.Ft void
38.Fn gone_in "int major" "const char *msg"
39.Ft void
40.Fn gone_in_dev "device_t dev" "int major" "const char *msg"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn gone_in
44functions are used to provide a notice that the kernel is using a driver or
45some other functionality that is deprecated, and will be removed in a future
46.Fx
47release.
48The notice is sent to the kernel
49.Xr dmesg 8
50log and will appear on the console.
51The
52.Fa major
53argument specifies the major version of the
54.Fx
55release that will remove the deprecated functionality.
56.Pp
57In releases before
58.Fa major
59the deprecation notice states
60.Do
61Deprecated code (to be removed in FreeBSD
62.Fa major Ns ):
63.Fa msg
64.Dc .
65In releases equal to and after
66.Fa major
67the notice states
68.Do
69Obsolete code will be removed soon:
70.Fa msg
71.Dc .
72.Sh EXAMPLES
73.Bd -literal -offset indent
74void
75sample_init(void)
76{
77	/* Initializaiton code omitted. */
78
79	gone_in(14, "Giant-locked filesystem");
80}
81
82int
83example_driver_attach(struct example_driver_softc *sc)
84{
85	/* Attach code omitted. */
86
87        gone_in_dev(sc->dev, 14, "Giant-locked driver");
88}
89.Ed
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Nm
93functions first appeared in
94.Fx 11 .
95