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    nfit, libnvdimm: deprecate the generic SMART ioctl · cdd77d3e
    Dan Williams authored
    The kernel's ND_IOCTL_SMART_THRESHOLD command is based on a payload
    definition that has become broken / out-of-sync with recent versions of
    the NVDIMM_FAMILY_INTEL definition. Deprecate the use of the
    ND_IOCTL_SMART_THRESHOLD command in favor of the ND_CMD_CALL approach
    taken by NVDIMM_FAMILY_{HPE,MSFT}, where we can manage the per-vendor
    variance in userspace.
    
    In a couple years, when the new scheme is widely deployed in userspace
    packages, the ND_IOCTL_SMART_THRESHOLD support can be removed. For now
    we prevent new binaries from compiling against the kernel header
    definitions, but kernel still compatible with old binaries. The
    libndctl.h [1] header is now the authoritative interface definition for
    NVDIMM SMART.
    
    [1]: https://github.com/pmem/ndctlSigned-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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