Re: [PATCH] Delete obsolete RAW driver feature.

From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:10:50 +0000

This is a user visible API it is therefore not elligable for removal
anyway

mutter.

We've given people years of notice and _some_ applications have converted
over to open("/dev/sda1", O_DIRECT), as they should.

Linus said we don't break old applications by removing APIs. People
believe him.

Alan
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