From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Spm7m-0003Li-Gv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:06:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D914E05FA; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:05:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029A8E05EB for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:04:55 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgwKAG6Zu0/O+LHJ/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIIVAQEEAScTHCgLCzQSFCU3iAkFugmLCFqBRII8YgONPodchV+IOoFYgwU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="193301318" Received: from 206-248-177-201.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([206.248.177.201]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 13 Jul 2012 16:04:54 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:04:49 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:04:49 -0400 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: udev <-> mdev Message-ID: <20120713200449.GA6292@waltdnes.org> References: <20120711091510.52b44e08@pomiocik.lan> <4FFD7949.4000204@gentoo.org> <20120712034036.GA2439@waltdnes.org> <4FFED31D.9010505@gentoo.org> <20120712200741.GB3723@waltdnes.org> <20120712222931.GA3044@linux1> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: b950bfa8-4e78-4a35-a080-8202cbd174b1 X-Archives-Hash: 12dd2fa3b8af236c3cf4464c5c649e0c On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 05:58:25AM +0000, Duncan wrote > They're seriously thinking about (and may be planning on) removing > that option from the kernel entirely, to keep people configuring > their first kernels from getting themselves in trouble, but of course > that's now part of the kernel/userspace interface, so it isn't allowed > to just disappear like kernel/kernel interfaces can. At minimum > they'd likely have to have it on the deprecation and removal schedule > for awhile. (I've not checked to see if it's there already.) So what happens to people using mdev? Do we have to switch from Linu-x to Lenna-x? -- Walter Dnes