Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261667AbVEUFaK (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 01:30:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261666AbVEUFaK (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 01:30:10 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:24799 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261667AbVEUFaG (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 01:30:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 22:35:58 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Adrian Bunk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Message-ID: <20050521053558.GA23542@kroah.com> 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/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 708 Lines: 19 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 - 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/