Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver

On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 02:19:25AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was 
> obsolete.
> 
> It seems to be time to remove it.

As much as I would like to agree with you, no, not yet.  Mark it as
going to go away in the Documenation/feature-removal.txt file 6-8 months
from now (or longer if people object, but no longer than a year) and
then after that time expires, we can delete it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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