On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 10:34:06AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt in 2.6.11-rc1: > > What: devfs > When: July 2005 > Files: fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs > function calls throughout the kernel tree > Why: It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable > function calls throughout the kernel tree > Why: It 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. > Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > so unless Debian wants to stay with stoneage kernels you're better of > starting to fix D-I. That beeing said D-I people have been told > repeatedly that basing an installer on devfs is a bad idea long time > ago, but let's not warm that up again.
*shrug* Changing d-i to use udev instead of devfs when building 2.6 images is almost trivial; I did it for Ubuntu with very little pain. We'll land this change straight after sarge. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
