From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Armin Schindler <armin@melware.de>
Cc: Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org>, 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 17:12:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050612151207.GQ3770@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0506121543200.15593@phoenix.one.melware.de>
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:51:19PM +0200, 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...
According to the current development model, 2.6 is a development
kernel...
> Armin
cu
Adrian
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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 [this message]
2005-06-12 15:36 ` Ed Tomlinson
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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