Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)

Josh Boyer
2004-07-22T12:58:16Z

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 05:19, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:55:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Changes that remove functionally like Greg's patch are hopefully
> > > > still 2.7 stuff - 2.6 is a stable kernel series and smooth upgrades
> > > > inside a stable kernel series are a must for many users.
> > >
> > > I don't necessarily agree that such changes in the userspace interface
> > > should be tied to the kernel version number, really. That's a three or
> > > four year warning period, which is unreasonably long. Six to twelve months
> > > should be long enough for udev-based replacements to stabilise and
> > > propagate out into distributions.
> >
> > Users have had the 6-12 month warning about devfs for a while now :)
>
> No, they had a three year warning. "It'll be gone in 2.8".
>
> > Ok, if people think that would really change anything, I'll wait a year.
> > I'm patient :)
>
> Delete 100 lines per week ;)

That could be done by sending in smaller patches that remove devfs calls
from drivers. If nothing in the kernel is using devfs, then there is no
reason to keep it around anymore...

Just a thought.

josh