Message-Id: <200601202254.k0KMsls1011155@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl>
To: Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>
cc: Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Development tree, PLEASE? 
In-Reply-To: Message from Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com> 
   of "Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:07:16 PDT." <B6DE6A4FC14860A23FE95FF3@d216-220-25-20.dynip.modwest.com> 
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:54:47 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com> wrote:

[...]

> Lots of things still out there depend on devfs.

Nothing in the regular kernel, nothing in any sane distribution.

devfs has been slated for the axe for a /very/ long time.

>                                                  So now if I want to
> develop my kmod on recent kernels I have to be in the business of
> maintaining a lot more userland stuff, like mkinitrd, installers,
> etc. that have come to rely on devfs.

Your own fault that you didn't heed the warnings about stuff to be deleted
and didn't keep up with the regular development around the kernel. Not the
kernel hackers' responsibility.
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