RE: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of the obsolete raw driver

From: Chen, Kenneth W
Date: Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:42:51 EST


Andrew Morton wrote on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:41 PM
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Let's do the scheduled removal of the obsolete raw driver in 2.6.17.
> >
>
> heh. I was just thinking that I hadn't heard from Badari and Ken in a while.
>
> I doubt if this'll fly. We're stuck with it.


Could we please, leave the raw device driver alone. ISV is doing
their diligent work converting new code to O_DIRECT, but large amount
of field customers are still using raw device in their setup.

- Ken

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