From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264685AbUGVKI6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:08:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266203AbUGVKI6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:08:58 -0400 Received: from mproxy.gmail.com ([216.239.56.248]:49322 "HELO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264685AbUGVKI5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:08:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4d8e3fd304072203081918cd7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:08:56 +0200 From: Paolo Ciarrocchi To: Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete devfs Cc: Greg KH , Jesse Stockall , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rgooch@safe-mbox.com, akpm@osdl.org In-Reply-To: <200407221155.13004.oliver@neukum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20040721141524.GA12564@kroah.com> <200407220047.53153.oliver@neukum.org> <20040722064952.GC20561@kroah.com> <200407221155.13004.oliver@neukum.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:55:12 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > 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. I tend to agree with you even though I still have to read the "MOM" regarding what has been discussed yesterday. If I'm not wrong, there is not plan to fork a 2.7 kernel anytime soon, so this kind of patch that brokes only a few users will probably be included in 2.6.* Ciao, -- paoloc.doesntexist.org