From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261675AbVFKKVp (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:21:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261676AbVFKKVp (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:21:45 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:32528 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261675AbVFKKVn (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:21:43 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:21:34 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Patch series to remove devfs [00/22] Message-ID: <20050611102133.GA3770@stusta.de> References: <20050611074327.GA27785@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050611074327.GA27785@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 12:43:27AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: >... > Comments welcome. >... Please don't remove the !CONFIG_DEVFS_FS dummies from devfs_fs_kernel.h. I'm sure some driver maintainers will want to keep the functions in their code because they share their drivers between 2.4 and 2.6 . Keeping a devfs_fs_kernel.h with dummy functions doesn't hurt, but it prevents version #ifdef's in drivers and/or the same dummy functions in some subsystem specific headers. > thanks, > > greg k-h >... cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed