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

[Chen, Kenneth W]

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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