From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262624AbVFLPMi (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:12:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262623AbVFLPMi (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:12:38 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:2319 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262622AbVFLPMP (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:12:15 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:12:07 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Armin Schindler Cc: Ed Tomlinson , Greg K-H , Linux Kernel Mailinglist Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from the kernel tree Message-ID: <20050612151207.GQ3770@stusta.de> References: <11184761113499@kroah.com> <200506120929.03212.tomlins@cam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:51:19PM +0200, Armin Schindler wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > > On Sunday 12 June 2005 04:44, Armin Schindler wrote: > > > It didn't follow the development, is devfs now obsolete in kernel? > > > If not, these funktions still makes sense. > > > > > Armin, > > > > From Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > > > What: devfs > > When: July 2005 > > Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs > > function calls throughout the kernel tree > > Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable > > races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is > > against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. > > Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > > This should not a surprise to anyone... > > I know the status of devfs, but I never thought the removal will be > done in the middle of a stable line... According to the current development model, 2.6 is a development kernel... > Armin cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed