From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266624AbUGUV3h (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:29:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266738AbUGUV3h (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:29:37 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:59264 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266624AbUGUV3f (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:29:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:27:52 -0400 From: Greg KH To: Jesse Stockall Cc: Oliver Neukum , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete devfs Message-ID: <20040721212745.GC18110@kroah.com> References: <20040721141524.GA12564@kroah.com> <200407211626.55670.oliver@neukum.org> <20040721145208.GA13522@kroah.com> <1090444782.8033.4.camel@homer.blizzard.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1090444782.8033.4.camel@homer.blizzard.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 05:19:42PM -0400, Jesse Stockall wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 10:52, Greg KH wrote: > > > > 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. > > Unused? Since when does every Linux user use a vendor supplied kernel? I > have no use for devfs, never used it in the past, and I'm a happy udev > user now, but that doesn't change the fact that there are many devfs > users out there. > > What does this gain us right now? It fixes an obviously broken chunk of code that is not maintained by _anyone_. And it will clean up all device drivers a _lot_ to have this gone, which will benifit everyone in the long run. As for "right now"? Why not? I'm just embracing the new development model of the kernel :) thanks, greg k-h