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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>
Adrian Bunk 20 years ago
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      Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
  2. 2 2
      drivers/char/Kconfig

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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Who:	Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>
 
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+What:	RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
+When:	December 2005
+Why:	declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
+	O_DIRECT can be used instead
+Who:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion()
 When:	April 2005
 Why:	Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method

+ 2 - 2
drivers/char/Kconfig

@@ -940,8 +940,8 @@ config RAW_DRIVER
 	  Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. 
 	  See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
 
-          The raw driver is deprecated and may be removed from 2.7
-          kernels.  Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
+          The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
+          Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
           with the O_DIRECT flag.
 
 config HPET