mirrors/linux-stable
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git synced 2024-10-02 23:27:06 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

[PATCH] schedule the obsolete raw driver for removal

Browse source 
Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was
obsolete.

(trolling for IBMers)

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
This commit is contained in:
Adrian Bunk 2005-06-25 14:59:37 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent c33ed27126
commit 98e7f29418
2 changed files with 10 additions and 2 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

8
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
View file

@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Who: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>
--------------------------- ---------------------------
What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
When: December 2005
Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
O_DIRECT can be used instead
Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
---------------------------
What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion() What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion()
When: April 2005 When: April 2005
Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method

4
drivers/char/Kconfig
View file

@ -940,8 +940,8 @@ config RAW_DRIVER
Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
See the raw(8) manpage for more details. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7 The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
kernels. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1) Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
with the O_DIRECT flag. with the O_DIRECT flag.
config HPET config HPET