On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> On Sunday 12 June 2005 04:44, Armin Schindler wrote:
> > It didn't follow the development, is devfs now obsolete in kernel?
> > If not, these funktions still makes sense.
> >
> Armin,
>
> From Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
>
> What: devfs
> When: July 2005
> Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
> function calls throughout the kernel tree
> Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
> races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
> against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
> Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
>
> This should not a surprise to anyone...
I know the status of devfs, but I never thought the removal will be
done in the middle of a stable line...
Armin
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