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Commit 6d99eb33 authored by jens m. noedler's avatar jens m. noedler Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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Documentation/ABI: devfs is not obsolete, but removed!

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What: devfs What: devfs
Date: July 2005 Date: July 2005 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.18
Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Description: Description:
devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev. against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h will be removed, The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed,
along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
kernel tree. kernel tree.
Users: Users:
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