From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262086AbVFWKQU (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:16:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262631AbVFWKOy (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:14:54 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:43783 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262086AbVFWKIa (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:08:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:08:21 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Greg KH , Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [2.6 patch] schedule the obsolete raw driver for removal Message-ID: <20050623100821.GE3749@stusta.de> References: <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de> <20050521053558.GA23542@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050521053558.GA23542@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 10:35:58PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 02:19:25AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was > > obsolete. > > > > It seems to be time to remove it. > > As much as I would like to agree with you, no, not yet. Mark it as > going to go away in the Documenation/feature-removal.txt file 6-8 months > from now (or longer if people object, but no longer than a year) and > then after that time expires, we can delete it. Patch below. > thanks, > > greg k-h cu Adrian <-- snip --> Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was obsolete. It seems to be time to schedule it's removal. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- linux-2.6.12-mm1-full/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt.old 2005-06-23 12:01:40.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.12-mm1-full/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2005-06-23 12:04:09.000000000 +0200 @@ -45,0 +46,8 @@ +What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) +When: December 2005 +Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 + O_DIRECT can be used instead +Who: Adrian Bunk + +--------------------------- + --- linux-2.6.12-mm1-full/drivers/char/Kconfig.old 2005-06-23 12:04:20.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.12-mm1-full/drivers/char/Kconfig 2005-06-23 12:04:46.000000000 +0200 @@ -943,2 +943,2 @@ - The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7 - kernels. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1) + The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon. + Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)