From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0EFDC47082 for ; Mon, 31 May 2021 07:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51D46120E for ; Mon, 31 May 2021 07:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230104AbhEaHk0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2021 03:40:26 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:36986 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230091AbhEaHkZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 May 2021 03:40:25 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C530160C3F; Mon, 31 May 2021 07:38:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1622446726; bh=06TECy+YmcfYsEk7ugjW7LCflCl3kaCrYcMohPerJMg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=FZ/nOT/mIPjemJ8fEkbGZFkbw6I+wZ8Dv+ARY9QPGnY1RPq1LKoL/FuKZZ150gAN8 fXn53Eg2Kt1H1EavYo9fTclbyu+QVxV+OwcGSNGv4+M3ekYtrQuxvfJJLRDQ5OrC8A G/2FIVFGTaATWGyaQG0wCiRAyM3PTlTR3JNiaIFk= Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 09:38:43 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, arnd@arndb.de, linux-block@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove the raw driver Message-ID: References: <20210531072526.97052-1-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210531072526.97052-1-hch@lst.de> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 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 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman