mtdchar.c w/CONFIG_DEVFS under 2.4.22 busted ?

[Bob Coggeshall]

> On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 12:38, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > 
> > What part of the message before yours in the mailing list archives was
> > ambiguous? Please assist me. I tried to make it clear there.

My bad.  The message sat in my outbox and didn't get sent out until this morning
so I think messages got crossed.

> > I also tried to make it clear on the web site that one should always
> > read the list archives before posting a question. Was there something I
> > could have done to make that less ambiguous too?
> 
> There's even a whole section on the web site devoted to kernel
> versions.  http://linux-mtd.infradead.org/#kernelversions
> 
> Obviously people aren't reading the web site.

Well, here's the process I used. Note the last checkout I did was in April and
back then things went fine;

    - I checked it out. 
    - Looked for a CHANGES file where this sort of thing should be. None. 
    - I looked at the README file. Nothing mentioned about 2.4 support going away. 
    - I looked at the INSTALL file, still says: 

        "The script works for kernels >= 2.4 and can be used to prepare 
        pristine kernels and update your already mtd-patched kernel to the
        latest state of the art."

Which kinds-sorta implies things might still work under 2.4

When I hit the problem I began to *skim* the list. As of yesterday I saw nothing. 
Perhaps I missed something, for which I apologize. 

> I don't think there is anything more that you can do.  Just point people
> to that and smile :).

I probably am not unlike allot of people using this stuff; We've got a bunch of
stuff to get working besides mtd, so we are in a hurry. And after we look in 
the first few logical places (CHANGES, README, INSTALL) then we give up. 

Sorry to all.

Bob C.