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yaml
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r: 31365
b: refs/heads/master
c: 501b7c7
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  31363: 1f09c17
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 184d7d20d352c7374f70ebca7468dc8cd5cc618a
+refs/heads/master: 501b7c77de3e90519e95fd99e923bf9a29cd120d

trunk/Documentation/Changes

@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ Intel IA32 microcode
 --------------------
 
 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
-accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc)
-character device.  If you are not using devfs you may need to:
+accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
+udev you may need to:
 
 mkdir /dev/cpu
 mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ with programs using shared memory.
 udev
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
-only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs.
+only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+devices.
 
 FUSE
 ----
@@ -231,18 +233,13 @@ The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
 
-If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
+If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
 which can be made by:
 
 mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
 
 as root.
 
-If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need
-the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file:
-
-LOOKUP	PPP	MODLOAD
-
 Isdn4k-utils
 ------------
 

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -348,11 +348,6 @@ X!Earch/i386/kernel/mca.c
      </sect1>
   </chapter>
 
-  <chapter id="devfs">
-     <title>The Device File System</title>
-!Efs/devfs/base.c
-  </chapter>
-
   <chapter id="sysfs">
      <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
 !Efs/sysfs/file.c

trunk/Documentation/README.DAC960

@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ also known as "System Drives", and Drive Groups are also called "Packs".  Both
 terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on
 the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group".
 
-DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the Device File System
-(DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C is
-referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
+DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File
+System (DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C
+is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
 through /dev/rd/cCdDp7.  For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on
 Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3.  Note that unlike with SCSI
 disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure.

trunk/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ be removed from this file.
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	devfs
-When:	July 2005
-Files:	fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
-	function calls throughout the kernel tree
-Why:	It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
-	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
-	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
-Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
 When:	December 2005
 Why:	declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3