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

Andrew Morton
2004-07-22T07:20:40Z

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 ;)