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SubjectRe: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:55:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote:
> >
> > Changes that remove functionally like Greg's patch are hopefully
> > still 2.7 stuff - 2.6 is a stable kernel series and smooth upgrades
> > inside a stable kernel series are a must for many users.
>
> I don't necessarily agree that such changes in the userspace interface
> should be tied to the kernel version number, really. That's a three or
> four year warning period, which is unreasonably long. Six to twelve months
> should be long enough for udev-based replacements to stabilise and
> propagate out into distributions.

Users have had the 6-12 month warning about devfs for a while now :)
And udev is currently available in the latest distro versions of:
- Red Hat
- SuSE
- Gentoo
- Debian
- Mandrake

While devfs is only supported in Gentoo at this time (and udev fills
that support issue for those users.)

> That being said, mid-2005 would be an appropriate time to remove devfs. If
> that schedule pushes things along faster than they would otherwise have
> progressed, well, good.

Ok, if people think that would really change anything, I'll wait a year.
I'm patient :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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