Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932436AbVIKHU2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:20:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932442AbVIKHU2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:20:28 -0400 Received: from warden3-p.diginsite.com ([208.147.64.186]:17900 "HELO warden3.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932436AbVIKHU1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:20:27 -0400 From: David Lang To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:20:06 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.13 In-Reply-To: <200509110713.j8B7DsNR021781@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <20050909214542.GA29200@kroah.com> <20050911030726.GA20462@suse.de> <200509110713.j8B7DsNR021781@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1446 Lines: 33 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:08:36 PDT, David Lang said: > >> remember that the distros don't package every kernel, they skip several >> between releases and it's not going to be until they go to try them that >> all the kinks will get worked out. > > I'll bite - what distros are shipping a kernel 2.6.10 or later and still > using devfs? > I'll admit I don't keep track of the distros and what kernels and features they are useing. I think I've heard people mention gentoo, but I haven't verified this. however with the thousands of linux distros out there I'd lay odds that _someone_ is doing it ;-) That said, my comments about the schedule should apply to any significant feature, not just devfs, it just happens to be the current patch being discussed. If Greg hadn't asked me how long I thought he needed to wait I would have dropped out after my initial post, but he asked so I answered. David Lang -- There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C.A.R. Hoare - 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/