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To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)
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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:07:14 +0200
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> writes:

>> > And akpm posted that he intended to remove cryptoloop, while others
>> > are calling for the end to devfs. Not having features disappear is
>> > part of stable, I would think, not just "not oops more often."
>> 
>> OTOH removing things declared "obsolete" for a long time doesn't make
>> it unstable - does it?
>
> Obsolete for a long time? This is a new feature in 2.6!

Well, actually I was thinking about removing devfs in 2005.
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Krzysztof Halasa