Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261540AbVEUAtG (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 20:49:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261527AbVEUAs4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 20:48:56 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:26601 "EHLO ozlabs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261557AbVEUAse (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 20:48:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 10:43:33 +1000 From: Anton Blanchard To: Adrian Bunk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver] Message-ID: <20050521004333.GA20174@krispykreme> References: <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 492 Lines: 15 > Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was > obsolete. > > It seems to be time to remove it. Disagree. We need someone to benchmark and prove O_DIRECT on the raw device isnt a performance regression first. Anton - 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/