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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-26 20:49:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-26 20:49:46 +0200 |
| commit | dd77a4ee0f3981693d4229aa1d57cea9e526ff47 (patch) | |
| tree | cb486be20b950201103a03636cbb1e1d180f0098 /Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs | |
| parent | [PATCH] s390: fix cmm kernel thread handling (diff) | |
| parent | Driver core: Don't call put methods while holding a spinlock (diff) | |
| download | linux-dd77a4ee0f3981693d4229aa1d57cea9e526ff47.tar.xz linux-dd77a4ee0f3981693d4229aa1d57cea9e526ff47.zip | |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (47 commits)
Driver core: Don't call put methods while holding a spinlock
Driver core: Remove unneeded routines from driver core
Driver core: Fix potential deadlock in driver core
PCI: enable driver multi-threaded probe
Driver Core: add ability for drivers to do a threaded probe
sysfs: add proper sysfs_init() prototype
drivers/base: check errors
drivers/base: Platform notify needs to occur before drivers attach to the device
v4l-dev2: handle __must_check
add CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
add __must_check to device management code
Driver core: fixed add_bind_files() definition
Driver core: fix comments in drivers/base/power/resume.c
sysfs_remove_bin_file: no return value, dump_stack on error
kobject: must_check fixes
Driver core: add ability for devices to create and remove bin files
Class: add support for class interfaces for devices
Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree
Driver core: add device_rename function
Driver core: add ability for classes to handle devices properly
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8195c4e0d0a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +What: devfs +Date: July 2005 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.18 +Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> +Description: + devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable + races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is + against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. + The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed, + along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the + kernel tree. + +Users: |