Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261676AbVEUWrn (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 18:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261713AbVEUWrn (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 18:47:43 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:34568 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261676AbVEUWrl (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 May 2005 18:47:41 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:47:40 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Horst von Brand Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver Message-ID: <20050521224740.GJ4489@stusta.de> References: <20050521001925.GQ5112@stusta.de> <200505210045.j4L0j8qO029162@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505210045.j4L0j8qO029162@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1091 Lines: 32 On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:45:08PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > 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... With the current development model, 2.7 is a synonym for 2.6.12 ... 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/