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SubjectRe: [PATCH] add raw driver Kconfig entry for s390
FromMartin Schwidefsky <>
DateMon, 15 May 2006 10:30:00 +0200
On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 13:52 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> From: Ihno Krumreich <ihno@suse.de>
> 
> The raw module is not enabled on s390/s390x
> During SLES9 and SLES10 development IBM filed bugs about the missing raw
> driver. Avoid that for SLES11 by adding it to the other char driver
> entries.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>

NACK. The raw device driver is obsolete and we should not add it to the
s390 kconfig. I know that it is needed in SLES10 for compatability to
SLES9 but given that the option is supposed to vanish I prefer to keep
it out of the upstream tree.

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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