Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:27:52 -0400 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] delete devfs |
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:19:42PM -0400, Jesse Stockall wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 10:52, Greg KH wrote: > > > > And as Lars points out, the code is unmaintained, unused, and buggy. > > All good reasons to rip out it out at any moment in time. > > Unused? Since when does every Linux user use a vendor supplied kernel? I > have no use for devfs, never used it in the past, and I'm a happy udev > user now, but that doesn't change the fact that there are many devfs > users out there. > > What does this gain us right now?
It fixes an obviously broken chunk of code that is not maintained by _anyone_. And it will clean up all device drivers a _lot_ to have this gone, which will benifit everyone in the long run.
As for "right now"? Why not? I'm just embracing the new development model of the kernel :)
thanks,
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