18c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciWhat:		devfs
28c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciDate:		July 2005 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.18
38c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciContact:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
48c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciDescription:
58c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci	devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
68c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
78c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
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98c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci	The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed,
108c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci	along with the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
118c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci	kernel tree.
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138c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciUsers:
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