Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:45:08PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> said:
> > Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was 
> > obsolete.
> > 
> > It seems to be time to remove it.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > -          The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7
> > -          kernels.  Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
> > -          with the O_DIRECT flag.
> 
> To me, this sounds like a promise to keep it around for 2.6 at least...

With the current development model, 2.7 is a synonym for 2.6.12 ...

cu
Adrian

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