linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] driver core: fix up Kconfig text for CONFIG_SYSFS

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Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:05:55 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] driver core: fix up Kconfig text for
	CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:58:13AM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:18:45 PST, Greg Kroah-Hartman said:
> 
> > -	  If you are using a distro that was released in 2006 or later,
> > -	  it should be safe to say N here.
> > +	  If you are using a distro with the most recent userspace
> > +	  packages, it should be safe to say N here.
> 
> Might want to be a bit more specific here - I *think* udev, lvm, and nash
> were the common ones that broke this time around.

udev did not break, and nash is a shell, so it would have a hard time
"breaking" :)

> Speaking of which, did anybody rev Documentation/Changes to mention
> the currently required releases of stuff?

The versions "required" did not change if you just enable that config
option.

thanks,

greg k-h
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