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[PATCH] schedule the obsolete raw driver for removal
Since kernel 2.6.3 the Kconfig text explicitely stated this driver was
obsolete.
(trolling for IBMers)
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
authored by Adrian Bunk and committed by Linus Torvalds 98e7f294 c33ed271
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
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When: December 2005
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Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
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O_DIRECT can be used instead
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Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion()
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When: April 2005
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Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method
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drivers/char/Kconfig
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Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
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See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
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The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7
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kernels. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
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The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
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Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
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with the O_DIRECT flag.
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config HPET