From: Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org>
To: Armin Schindler <armin@melware.de>
Cc: Greg K-H <greg@kroah.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from the kernel tree
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:36:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200506121136.35511.tomlins@cam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0506121543200.15593@phoenix.one.melware.de>
On Sunday 12 June 2005 09:51, Armin Schindler wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > On Sunday 12 June 2005 04:44, Armin Schindler wrote:
> > > It didn't follow the development, is devfs now obsolete in kernel?
> > > If not, these funktions still makes sense.
> > >
> > Armin,
> >
> > From Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> >
> > What: devfs
> > When: July 2005
> > Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
> > function calls throughout the kernel tree
> > Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
> > races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
> > against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
> > Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
> >
> > This should not a surprise to anyone...
>
> I know the status of devfs, but I never thought the removal will be
> done in the middle of a stable line...
Armin,
Its all the same in 2.6 - the 2.odd.x development, 2.even.x stable model is no longer
being used. The current Linus kernel is 2.6.11.12, where the last .12 is the latest
2.6.11 kernel with VIF (very important fixes) applied.
Ed Tomlinson
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-12 15:35 UTC|newest]
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2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs from the partition code Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs from the init code Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_*_tape() functions from the kernel tree Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_dir() function " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_symlink() " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_bdev() " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_cdev() " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_remove() " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the devfs_fs_kernel.h file from the tree Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the miscdevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the gendisk " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the uart_driver " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the videodevice " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the ide drive " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the line_driver " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the scsi_disk " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the tty_driver " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Remove the mode field from usb_class_driver " Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Rename TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS to TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV Greg KH
2005-06-11 7:48 ` [PATCH] Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree Greg KH
2005-06-11 19:05 ` [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from " Adrian Bunk
2005-06-13 18:15 ` Greg KH
2005-06-12 8:44 ` Armin Schindler
2005-06-12 13:29 ` Ed Tomlinson
2005-06-12 13:51 ` Armin Schindler
2005-06-12 15:12 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-06-12 15:36 ` Ed Tomlinson [this message]
2005-06-12 18:32 ` Armin Schindler
2005-06-13 18:13 ` Greg KH
2005-06-14 6:54 ` Armin Schindler
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