From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261716AbVFKOmR (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:42:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261717AbVFKOko (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:40:44 -0400 Received: from lyle.provo.novell.com ([137.65.81.174]:26476 "EHLO lyle.provo.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261716AbVFKOjK (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:39:10 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:39:04 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Adrian Bunk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Patch series to remove devfs [00/22] Message-ID: <20050611143904.GA30612@suse.de> References: <20050611074327.GA27785@kroah.com> <20050611102133.GA3770@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050611102133.GA3770@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 12:21:34PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > 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 . All drivers should be in the mainline kernel tree, so why would they need this? Remember, out-of-the-tree drivers are on their own... thanks, greg k-h