From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:47:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050521224740.GJ4489@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200505210045.j4L0j8qO029162@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl>
On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:45:08PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> said:
> > Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was
> > obsolete.
> >
> > It seems to be time to remove it.
>
> [...]
>
> > - The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7
> > - kernels. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
> > - with the O_DIRECT flag.
>
> To me, this sounds like a promise to keep it around for 2.6 at least...
With the current development model, 2.7 is a synonym for 2.6.12 ...
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-21 22:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-21 0:19 [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Adrian Bunk
2005-05-21 0:43 ` [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver] Anton Blanchard
2005-05-21 1:07 ` Jesse Barnes
2005-05-21 0:45 ` [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Horst von Brand
2005-05-21 22:47 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2005-05-21 1:25 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-05-21 7:41 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-05-21 7:52 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-05-21 5:35 ` Greg KH
2005-05-21 11:49 ` Roman Zippel
2005-06-23 10:08 ` [2.6 patch] schedule the obsolete raw driver for removal Adrian Bunk
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