From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove compat code for old devfs naming scheme
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:35:03 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205141435.g4EEZ3V07379@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020514125339.A23979@infradead.org>
Christoph Hellwig writes:
> Hi Richard,
>
> current init/do_mounts.c contains the devfs_make_root/convert_name
> functions which provide compatiblility for the old, pre kernel-merge
> devfs naming scheme in the root= kernel command line.
>
> As this was never present in official kernels there is really no need
> in keeping it - it just bloats the kernel.
>
> Could you please forward this patch to Linus and maybe Marcelo with
> your next devfs update?
What on earth are you talking about? This code has been in the kernel
since 2.3.46. It's just lived in a different place: fs/devfs/util.c.
And FYI: 2.5.x kernels *are* official!
Regards,
Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-14 11:53 Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-14 14:35 ` Richard Gooch [this message]
2002-05-14 14:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-14 14:59 ` Richard Gooch
2002-05-14 15:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-14 15:47 ` Richard Gooch
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