Re: [PATCH] Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from the kernel tree

From: Ed Tomlinson
Date: Sun Jun 12 2005 - 08:29:01 EST


On Sunday 12 June 2005 04:44, Armin Schindler wrote:
> It didn't follow the development, is devfs now obsolete in kernel?
> If not, these funktions still makes sense.
>
Armin,

>From Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

What: devfs
When: July 2005
Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
function calls throughout the kernel tree
Why: It 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.
Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>

This should not a surprise to anyone...

Ed Tomlinson
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