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16d99eb33Sjens m. noedlerWhat:		devfs
26d99eb33Sjens m. noedlerDate:		July 2005 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.18
3bc5bca53SGreg Kroah-HartmanContact:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
46d99eb33Sjens m. noedlerDescription:
56d99eb33Sjens m. noedler	devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
66d99eb33Sjens m. noedler	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
76d99eb33Sjens m. noedler	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
8*54a19b4dSMauro Carvalho Chehab
96d99eb33Sjens m. noedler	The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed,
1059c51591SMichael Opdenacker	along with the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
116d99eb33Sjens m. noedler	kernel tree.
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136d99eb33Sjens m. noedlerUsers:
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