Re: [PATCH] raw: deprecate the raw driver

[Jens Axboe]

On 8/19/20 12:35 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The raw driver has been replaced by O_DIRECT support on the block device
> in 2002.  Deprecate it to prepare for removal in a few kernel releases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Jens, I wonder if we can sneak this into 5.9 to have a longer deprecation
> period?

Wow, hadn't thought about this one in forever. Yeah let's see if we can
get this into 5.9. I can't imagine anyone using this thing, well, ever.

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Jens Axboe