From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 14 May 2002 10:55:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 14 May 2002 10:55:12 -0400 Received: from imladris.infradead.org ([194.205.184.45]:53265 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 14 May 2002 10:55:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:55:08 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Richard Gooch Cc: Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove compat code for old devfs naming scheme Message-ID: <20020514155508.A31292@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Richard Gooch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020514125339.A23979@infradead.org> <200205141435.g4EEZ3V07379@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 08:35:03AM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote: > > 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. > Of course this code was present, otherwise it would be rather hard to remove it.. But the old devfs naming scheme was obsolete before devfs was merged in 2.3.46 so there is no valid reason to support it for root=.