Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932287AbWATWzz (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:55:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932286AbWATWzz (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:55:55 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:45021 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932287AbWATWzy (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:55:54 -0500 Message-Id: <200601202254.k0KMsls1011155@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Michael Loftis cc: Marc Koschewski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Development tree, PLEASE? In-Reply-To: Message from Michael Loftis of "Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:07:16 PDT." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 18) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:54:47 -0300 From: Horst von Brand X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0b5 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.21.155]); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:55:50 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1176 Lines: 28 Michael Loftis 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. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/