Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759463AbXEMQnT (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 12:43:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759104AbXEMQnM (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 12:43:12 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:58610 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758130AbXEMQnL (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 12:43:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 12:43:03 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: undeprecate raw driver. Message-ID: <20070513164303.GF27604@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Jan Engelhardt , Linux Kernel References: <20070513163220.GA31902@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1524 Lines: 37 On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 06:35:45PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >- tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)" > >+ tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)" > > depends on BLOCK > > help > >- The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. > >- Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. > >+ The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. > >+ Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. > > See the raw(8) manpage for more details. > > > >- The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon. > >- Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1) > >+ Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1) > > with the O_DIRECT flag. > > > > config MAX_RAW_DEVS > > At least keep the "it's obsolete" Kconfig description. We > don't want new users/projects to jump on /dev/raw. That'll just lead to some janitor sending more "OMG! OBSOLETE!" cleanup patches getting it re-added to the feature-removal.txt If we undeprecate it, it won't be going away, so new users of it aren't any more of a problem than they have been the last two and a half years. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/