2 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index f5d6f4d1624d..18bd2ddccb15 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ Who:	Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:   RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
-When:   December 2005
-Why:    declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
-        O_DIRECT can be used instead
-Who:    Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:   old NCR53C9x driver
 When:   October 2007
 Why:    Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver.  Actual low-level
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index f6648682b43a..ec9dc3d53f18 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -979,15 +979,14 @@ config GPIO_VR41XX
         depends on CPU_VR41XX
 
 config RAW_DRIVER
-        tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
+        tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
         depends on BLOCK
         help
-          The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. 
-          Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. 
+          The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
+          Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
           See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
 
-          The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
-          Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
+          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
           with the O_DIRECT flag.
 
 config MAX_RAW_DEVS