Re: [CFT] more kdev_t-ectomy

From: Muli Ben-Yehuda (mulix@mulix.org)
Date: Sun Apr 20 2003 - 10:26:46 EST

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On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 02:31:43PM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> Patchset is on ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/people/viro/T*
> So far it kills kdev_t crap in tty and console layers; more to follow.
> The goal is to kill kdev_t completely and switch the character device
> side of things to real objects. Fortunately it's nowhere near the
> nastiness of corresponding block device work.

Applied cleanly to 2.5.68-cvs, compiled and booted fine. Running it
now on IBM Thinkpad R-30, debian unstable. X works fine, emacs works,
anything special to test?

-- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org

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