r7774 - in trunk/BOOK: chapter01 chapter07

[matthew]

Author: matthew
Date: 2006-08-17 13:55:41 -0600 (Thu, 17 Aug 2006)
New Revision: 7774

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml
Log:
Noted the removal of devfs from the kernel

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  2006-08-17 19:43:12 UTC (rev 7773)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  2006-08-17 19:55:41 UTC (rev 7774)
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
       <para>2006-08-17</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Noted devfs' removal from the kernel.  Thanks to
+            Peter Ennis.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to linux-2.6.17.8.</para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml       2006-08-17 19:43:12 UTC (rev 7773)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml       2006-08-17 19:55:41 UTC (rev 7774)
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
     particular developer(s). The <systemitem
     class="filesystem">devfs</systemitem> file system also suffers from race
     conditions that are inherent in its design and cannot be fixed without a
-    substantial revision to the kernel. It has also been marked as deprecated
-    due to a lack of recent maintenance.</para>
+    substantial revision to the kernel. It was marked as deprecated for a long
+    period &ndash; due to a lack of maintenance &ndash; and was finally removed
+    from the kernel in June, 2006.</para>
 
     <para>With the development of the unstable 2.5 kernel tree, later released
     as the 2.6 series of stable kernels, a new virtual filesystem called

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