From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266609AbUGUTzf (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:55:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266611AbUGUTzf (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:55:35 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:36518 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266609AbUGUTze (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:55:34 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete devfs In-Reply-To: <20040721182535.GC16838@kroah.com> References: <20040721141524.GA12564@kroah.com> <20040721182535.GC16838@kroah.com> Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:55:33 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg KH wrote: >On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 03:41:45PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> The new Debian installer requires devfs on several architectures, even >> for 2.6 installs. That's unlikely to get changed before release. > >Great, if you want to rely on this, and you get around to using a kernel >that doesn't have it in it, just add it to the other patches you apply >to your kernel. Oh, sure, I've no objection to the damn thing dying - it was just to point out that (rightly or wrongly) there /is/ someone using it. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org