From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266585AbUGUSl3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:41:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266596AbUGUSl2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:41:28 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:59554 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266586AbUGUSlR (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:41:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:52:08 -0400 From: Greg KH To: Oliver Neukum Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete devfs Message-ID: <20040721145208.GA13522@kroah.com> References: <20040721141524.GA12564@kroah.com> <200407211626.55670.oliver@neukum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407211626.55670.oliver@neukum.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 04:26:55PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 21. Juli 2004 16:15 schrieb Greg KH: > > Hm, seems kernel.org dropped my big patch, so the patch below can be > > found at: > > www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/misc/2.6/devfs-delete-2.6.8-rc2.patch > > May I point out that 2.6 is supposed to be a _stable_ series? You didn't pay attention to the first sentance that I wrote for the patch :) And as Lars points out, the code is unmaintained, unused, and buggy. All good reasons to rip out it out at any moment in time. thanks, greg k-h