Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262490AbTEILex (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 07:34:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262493AbTEILew (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 07:34:52 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([212.34.181.86]:60164 "EHLO verein.lst.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262490AbTEILev (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 07:34:51 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 13:47:15 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jaroslav Kysela Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove unused funcion proc_mknod Message-ID: <20030509134714.A3837@lst.de> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Jaroslav Kysela , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030505213004.B24006@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from perex@suse.cz on Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:43:20PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 803 Lines: 19 On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:43:20PM +0200, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > alsa-lib doesn't rely on it at all. The devices in /dev/snd/ might be > created in these ways: > > 1) static - using the mknod command > 2) using devfs > 3) link /dev/snd to /proc/asound/dev > > We prefered the third solution because we were changing heavily the device > minor numbers in the past. We can remove the proc dynamic device creating > from our code now. I agree, this code should not be in the kernel tree. Okay. Will you submit the removal as part of the next alsa merge? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/