Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932490AbVINUAg (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:00:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932512AbVINUAg (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:00:36 -0400 Received: from nome.ca ([65.61.200.81]:178 "HELO gobo.nome.ca") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932490AbVINUAf (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:00:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:01:24 -0700 From: Mike Bell To: Kyle Moffett Cc: linux@horizon.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.13 Message-ID: <20050914200123.GC15017@mikebell.org> Mail-Followup-To: Mike Bell , Kyle Moffett , linux@horizon.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20050911114435.5990.qmail@science.horizon.com> <808CC4DC-15F3-4F6E-A9C6-6CBEC3D5415F@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <808CC4DC-15F3-4F6E-A9C6-6CBEC3D5415F@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 687 Lines: 13 On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:43:02AM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: > That sounds like _exactly_ the case where the Debian folks could > maintain the out-of-tree ndevfs patch for a while until they got their > installer floppies and such migrated to udev. Then you know nothing about the subject at hand. Moving from devfs to ndevfs is dramatically /harder/ than moving from devfs to udev. ndevfs is not devfs compatible in any way, shape or form. - 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/