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Date:      Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:22:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP:  DEVFS and GEOM mandatorification timeline.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301151121030.91512-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <14715.1042634253@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> 
> I think we are now at a cross-road where it makes sense to nail
> down the path for making DEVFS and GEOM non-optional components.
> 
> The three steps in this process will be:
> 
> 	Remove option "NODEVFS" in sys/conf and sys/*/conf.
> 
> 	Remove option "NO_GEOM" in sys/conf and sys/*/conf.
> 
> 	Remove MAKEDEV and all references to it from the tree.

fix ports (e.g. emulation/rtc) that don't handle devfs correctly.


> 
> There are _no_ sweeps over all drivers to change APIs etc.


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