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[PATCH] schedule the obsolete raw driver for removal
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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>
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Adrian Bunk authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jun 25, 2005
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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Expand Up @@ -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>

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What: register_ioctl32_conversion() / unregister_ioctl32_conversion()
When: April 2005
Why: Replaced by ->compat_ioctl in file_operations and other method
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions drivers/char/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -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
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