Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:51:35 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mark devfs obsolete |
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On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:41:02PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > The person listed as maintainer hasn't touched it for alomost a year > and after that only some odd fixes and my interface fixes went it. > > With udev we also have a proper replacement. > > > --- 1.166/MAINTAINERS Thu Aug 14 21:17:45 2003 > +++ edited/MAINTAINERS Sat Aug 16 11:56:20 2003 > @@ -558,10 +558,7 @@ > S: Maintained > > DEVICE FILESYSTEM > -P: Richard Gooch > -M: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au > -L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -S: Maintained > +S: Obsolete > > DIGI INTL. EPCA DRIVER > P: Digi International, Inc > --- 1.28/fs/Kconfig Thu Aug 14 02:20:32 2003 > +++ edited/fs/Kconfig Sat Aug 16 12:03:57 2003 > @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ > programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here. > > config DEVFS_FS > - bool "/dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + bool "/dev file system support (OBSOLETE)" > depends on EXPERIMENTAL > help > This is support for devfs, a virtual file system (like /proc) which > @@ -780,6 +780,13 @@ > Note that devfs no longer manages /dev/pts! If you are using UNIX98 > ptys, you will also need to enable (and mount) the /dev/pts > filesystem (CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS). > + > + Note that devfs has been obsoleted by udev, > + <http://http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/>.
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