Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 May 2005 00:47:40 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove the obsolete raw driver |
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On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:45:08PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> said: > > Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was > > obsolete. > > > > It seems to be time to remove it. > > [...] > > > - The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7 > > - kernels. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1) > > - with the O_DIRECT flag. > > To me, this sounds like a promise to keep it around for 2.6 at least...
With the current development model, 2.7 is a synonym for 2.6.12 ...
cu Adrian
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