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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, arnd@arndb.de, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove the raw driver
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 09:39:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YLSSoRf3xXWEKGmV@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YLSSgyznnaUPmRaT@kroah.com>

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 09:38:43AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:25:26AM +0300, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The raw driver used to provide direct unbuffered access to block devices
> > before O_DIRECT was invented.  It has been obsolete for more than a
> > decade.
> 
> What?  Really?  We can finally do this?  Yes!
> 
> For some reason, I thought there was some IBM userspace tools that
> relied on this device, if not, then great!
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> 
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> 

Ah wait, this is in my subsystem :)

I'll queue this up in a few days if no one complains.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-31  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-31  7:25 [PATCH] remove the raw driver Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-31  7:38 ` Greg KH
2021-05-31  7:39   ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-05-31  8:21   ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-31  8:24     ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-06-04 13:36       ` Greg KH

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