linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:24:18 +1000
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:54:50 -0700
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
>
>> This is no longer needed by any userspace tools, so it's safe to
>> remove.

Also still used for booting mainline kernels on RHEL5 userspaces.

Live with your mistakes guys, don't try and bury them.

Dave.
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