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DateThu, 22 Jul 2004 03:19:23 -0700
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)
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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