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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:29:36 +1000
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On Tuesday 19 July 2005 06:12, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> What is more news to me:
>     ( http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ )
>     Q: Why was devfs marked OBSOLETE if udev is not finished yet?
>     A: To quote Al Viro (Linux VFS kernel maintainer):
> ==> - the devfs maintainer/author disappeared and stoped maintaining the
> code

Chased out by the same Al Viro, more like it.  Not that I like devfs at all, 
but it's a shame to see such revisionism in an otherwise respectable 
document.

Regards,

Daniel