Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver

Adrian Bunk
2005-05-21T22:47:43Z

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

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