From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261630AbVFKP7K (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:59:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261631AbVFKP7K (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:59:10 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:39940 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261630AbVFKP7G (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:59:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:59:04 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Christoph Hellwig , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Patch series to remove devfs [00/22] Message-ID: <20050611155904.GD3770@stusta.de> References: <20050611074327.GA27785@kroah.com> <20050611102133.GA3770@stusta.de> <20050611143904.GA30612@suse.de> <20050611153656.GB3770@stusta.de> <20050611154107.GA32149@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050611154107.GA32149@infradead.org> 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 04:41:07PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 05:36:56PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Yes, there are many places where 2.4 and 2.6 are not source compatible > > for good reasons. But if the effort for maintaining compatibility > > between 2.4 and 2.6 in one area is as easy as keeping a header file with > > some dummy funtions it's worth considering. > > The devfs calls for 2.4 and 2.6 are totally incompatible. >... OK, it seems I've missed how much devfs changed during 2.5 times... Simply discard my emails in this thread. 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