Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932304AbWIJQs1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:48:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932305AbWIJQs0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:48:26 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:26346 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932304AbWIJQs0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:48:26 -0400 Message-ID: <45044169.8000609@web.de> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:46:33 +0200 From: "jens m. noedler" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Tokarev CC: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -rc6] [resend] Documentation/ABI: devfs is not obsolete, but removed! References: <4502F7A9.70200@web.de> <45030245.9080005@tls.msk.ru> <20060909220230.GA19539@suse.de> <4503C807.5040403@tls.msk.ru> In-Reply-To: <4503C807.5040403@tls.msk.ru> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2575 Lines: 82 Hello, Michael Tokarev wrote at 09/10/2006 10:08 AM: > Greg KH wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:04:53PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: >>> jens m. noedler wrote: >>>> Hi everybody, Greg, Linus, >>>> >>>> This little patch just moves the devfs entry from ABI/obsolete to >>>> ABI/removed and adds the comment, that devfs was removed in 2.6.18. >>>> >>> [] >>>> + The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h will be removed, >>>> + along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the >>>> + kernel tree. >>> So, will the files be removed at some point, or has them been removed >>> already? :) >> They are already removed. > > I know they're gone. I was just pointing out that the patch is wrong, > as it claims the files *will* be removed. OK. I replaced "will be removed" with "were removed". And here is an updated patch against linus' current git tree. Kind regards, Jens Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler --- diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/devfs b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/devfs deleted file mode 100644 index b8b8739..0000000 --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/devfs +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -What: devfs -Date: July 2005 -Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman -Description: - devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable - races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is - against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. - The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h will be removed, - along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the - kernel tree. - -Users: - diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8195c4e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +What: devfs +Date: July 2005 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.18 +Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman +Description: + devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable + races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is + against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. + The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed, + along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the + kernel tree. + +Users: -- jens m. noedler noedler@web.de pgp: 0x9f0920bb http://noedler.de - 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/