Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:19:23 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs) |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:55:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote: > > > > > > Changes that remove functionally like Greg's patch are hopefully > > > still 2.7 stuff - 2.6 is a stable kernel series and smooth upgrades > > > inside a stable kernel series are a must for many users. > > > > I don't necessarily agree that such changes in the userspace interface > > should be tied to the kernel version number, really. That's a three or > > four year warning period, which is unreasonably long. Six to twelve months > > should be long enough for udev-based replacements to stabilise and > > propagate out into distributions. > > Users have had the 6-12 month warning about devfs for a while now :)
No, they had a three year warning. "It'll be gone in 2.8".
> Ok, if people think that would really change anything, I'll wait a year. > I'm patient :)
Delete 100 lines per week ;)
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