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