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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunWhat:		devfs
2*4882a593SmuzhiyunDate:		July 2005 (scheduled), finally removed in kernel v2.6.18
3*4882a593SmuzhiyunContact:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
4*4882a593SmuzhiyunDescription:
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun	devfs has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
6*4882a593Smuzhiyun	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
7*4882a593Smuzhiyun	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
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9*4882a593Smuzhiyun	The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed,
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun	along with the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun	kernel tree.
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13*4882a593SmuzhiyunUsers:
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