Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964883AbVIKLCZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:02:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932492AbVIKLCZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:02:25 -0400 Received: from THUNK.ORG ([69.25.196.29]:15815 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932467AbVIKLCY (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:02:24 -0400 Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:02:14 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: David Lang Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.13 Message-ID: <20050911110214.GA16408@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , David Lang , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050909214542.GA29200@kroah.com> <200509110713.j8B7DsNR021781@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1028 Lines: 24 On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 12:20:06AM -0700, David Lang wrote: > >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. Nope, not Gentoo --- Greg KH fixed gentoo a while ago. :-) > however with the thousands of linux distros out there I'd lay odds that > _someone_ is doing it ;-) Yes, but if none of the major distributions are doing it, then past a certain point we should just pull the trigger and be done with it. C'mon, devfs's impending removal has been announced for a year. It's not like anyone can complain that they didn't get enough warning..... - Ted - 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/