Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261694AbVEUHl0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 03:41:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261695AbVEUHl0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 03:41:26 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:31247 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261694AbVEUHlR (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 03:41:17 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 09:41:10 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: William Lee Irwin III Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Message-ID: <20050521074110.GS5112@stusta.de> References: <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de> <20050521012505.GD2057@holomorphy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050521012505.GD2057@holomorphy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1717 Lines: 42 On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:25:05PM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > 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. > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk > > 9 point releases is nowhere long enough. This removal needs to wait for > similar amounts of time as other removed interfaces (c.f. devfs, which > is far more offensive). > > In general there are staging rules for this sort of affair, and although > I'm no expert in their fine points, nor can I even say what the exact > criteria are, but it's rather clear in this instance it's over the line. > I suspect a major release, planned as a staging ground for things like > e.g. this and removing devfs, would be the most appropriate time for it. The current rules are simply "put it for 6-12 months in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt and remove it then". 2.6.3 is more than a year go, and the date when the raw driver was declared obsolete predates the introduction of feature-removal-schedule.txt (at that time, we were still in the belief a 2.7 kernel would come some day). > -- wli cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/