Re: [PATCH] delete devfs

Oliver Neukum
2004-07-22T09:56:11Z

Am Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2004 08:49 schrieb Greg KH:
> > Interesting, but we are not talking about an _internal_ API here.
> > It's about blocking the upgrade path.
>
> There is no such block.  udev has a full devfs compatibility mode, I made
> sure of that before every suggesting that a change like this happen.

A smooth upgrade is replacing the kernel image, rerun lilo and reboot.
There's very good reason to remove devfs from 2.7.0, but almost none
to remove it from 2.6.X (unless Richard turns up and rewrites it from scratch)
Breaking existing setup is acceptable only if you can do nothing else.

Regards
Oliver