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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:08:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200506222208.58494.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)

Quoth Andrew Morton:
> I don't have enough info to know whether the world would be a better place
> if we keep devfs, remove devfs or remove devfs even later on.  I don't
> think anyone knows, which is why we're taking this little
> disable-it-and-see-who-shouts approach.

The downside of "disable-and-remove-later" is that it becomes
too easy to just re-enable the Kconfig stuff rather than just
fixing the userspace bugs.  Expecting userspace to change at
any point before it absolutely _must_ tends to be a formula
for userspace never changing, sadly enough.  

If 2.6.13 doesn't remove devfs, when will it really go away?

- Dave




             reply	other threads:[~2005-06-23  5:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-23  5:08 David Brownell [this message]
2005-06-23  5:22 ` [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git Bill Gatliff
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-06-23  4:08 David Brownell
2005-06-23  6:21 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  8:10 ` Russell King
2005-06-21  6:29 Greg KH
2005-06-21  6:54 ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-21 13:50   ` Adrian Bunk
2005-06-21 15:10   ` Greg KH
2005-06-21 20:11     ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-21 20:52       ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-06-21 21:03         ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-21 21:16           ` Greg KH
2005-06-21 21:58             ` J.A. Magallon
2005-06-23  1:00     ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  1:18       ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-23  2:13         ` Bill Gatliff
2005-06-23  4:59       ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  6:14         ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  6:26           ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  6:36             ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  7:03               ` Greg KH
2005-06-23 19:54             ` Kay Sievers
2005-06-23  6:34           ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  6:37             ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-23  6:47               ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  6:51               ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  6:38             ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  6:28         ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  6:48           ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  8:29             ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23 12:58               ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-06-24  8:24               ` Greg KH
2005-06-23 15:13             ` Per Liden
2005-07-18 16:36         ` Richard Gooch
2005-07-18 20:12           ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-18 22:29             ` Daniel Phillips
2005-07-19  2:51             ` Jim Crilly
2005-06-21 17:35 ` Carsten Otte

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