Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261625AbVEUV3d (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 17:29:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261629AbVEUV17 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 17:27:59 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:29374 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261625AbVEUVZT (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 17:25:19 -0400 Message-Id: <200505210045.j4L0j8qO029162@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Adrian Bunk cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver In-Reply-To: Message from Adrian Bunk of "Sat, 21 May 2005 02:19:25 +0200." <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 17) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 20:45:08 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 949 Lines: 23 Adrian Bunk said: > Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was > obsolete. > > It seems to be time to remove it. [...] > - The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7 > - kernels. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1) > - with the O_DIRECT flag. To me, this sounds like a promise to keep it around for 2.6 at least... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/