add message that MP-8BIT is deprecated
diff --git a/tommath.h b/tommath.h
index 8550340..58d099f 100644
--- a/tommath.h
+++ b/tommath.h
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
# include <stdio.h>
#endif
+#ifdef MP_8BIT
+# ifdef _MSC_VER
+# pragma message("8-bit (MP_8BIT) support is deprecated and will be dropped completely in the next version.")
+# else
+# warning "8-bit (MP_8BIT) support is deprecated and will be dropped completely in the next version."
+# endif
+#endif
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif