135 files changed, 42 insertions, 676 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/DAC960.c b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
index dd8a1501142f..50ca1aa4ee3b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/DAC960.c
+++ b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
@@ -2530,7 +2530,6 @@ static boolean DAC960_RegisterBlockDevice(DAC960_Controller_T *Controller)
        blk_queue_max_sectors(RequestQueue, Controller->MaxBlocksPerCommand);
        disk->queue = RequestQueue;
        sprintf(disk->disk_name, "rd/c%dd%d", Controller->ControllerNumber, n);
-        sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "rd/host%d/target%d", Controller->ControllerNumber, n);
        disk->major = MajorNumber;
        disk->first_minor = n << DAC960_MaxPartitionsBits;
        disk->fops = &DAC960_BlockDeviceOperations;
diff --git a/drivers/block/acsi.c b/drivers/block/acsi.c
index 196c0ec9cd54..a317e4303952 100644
--- a/drivers/block/acsi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/acsi.c
@@ -1732,13 +1732,10 @@ int acsi_init( void )
                struct gendisk *disk = acsi_gendisk[i];
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "ad%c", 'a'+i);
                aip = &acsi_info[NDevices];
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "ad/target%d/lun%d", aip->target, aip->lun);
                disk->major = ACSI_MAJOR;
                disk->first_minor = i << 4;
-                if (acsi_info[i].type != HARDDISK) {
+                if (acsi_info[i].type != HARDDISK)
                        disk->minors = 1;
-                        strcat(disk->devfs_name, "/disc");
-                }
                disk->fops = &acsi_fops;
                disk->private_data = &acsi_info[i];
                set_capacity(disk, acsi_info[i].size);
diff --git a/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c b/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c
index 4cb9c1336287..4030a8fd1187 100644
--- a/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c
+++ b/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ not be guaranteed. There are several ways to assure this:
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -1005,11 +1004,6 @@ int slm_init( void )
        BufferP = SLMBuffer;
        SLMState = IDLE;
        
-        devfs_mk_dir("slm");
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_SLM; i++) {
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(ACSI_MAJOR, i),
-                                S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "slm/%d", i);
-        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1032,10 +1026,6 @@ int init_module(void)
 void cleanup_module(void)
 {
-        int i;
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_SLM; i++)
-                devfs_remove("slm/%d", i);
-        devfs_remove("slm");
        if (unregister_chrdev( ACSI_MAJOR, "slm" ) != 0)
                printk( KERN_ERR "acsi_slm: cleanup_module failed\n");
        atari_stram_free( SLMBuffer );
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 39b0f53186e8..05fb08312c01 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3248,7 +3248,6 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                q->queuedata = hba[i];
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "cciss/c%dd%d", i, j);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "cciss/host%d/target%d", i, j);
                disk->major = hba[i]->major;
                disk->first_minor = j << NWD_SHIFT;
                disk->fops = &cciss_fops;
diff --git a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
index 5eb6fb7b5cfa..bfd245df0a8c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <linux/blkpg.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -348,7 +347,6 @@ static void __devexit cpqarray_remove_one(int i)
        for(j = 0; j < NWD; j++) {
                if (ida_gendisk[i][j]->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)
                        del_gendisk(ida_gendisk[i][j]);
-                devfs_remove("ida/c%dd%d",i,j);
                put_disk(ida_gendisk[i][j]);
        }
        blk_cleanup_queue(hba[i]->queue);
@@ -1807,8 +1805,6 @@ static void getgeometry(int ctlr)
                                }
-                                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "ida/c%dd%d", ctlr, log_unit);
                                info_p->phys_drives =
                                    sense_config_buf->ctlr_phys_drv;
                                info_p->drv_assign_map
@@ -1844,7 +1840,6 @@ static void __exit cpqarray_exit(void)
                }
        }
-        devfs_remove("ida");
        remove_proc_entry("cpqarray", proc_root_driver);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index dff1e67b1dd4..0242cbb86a87 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static int print_unex = 1;
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>  /* for invalidate_buffers() */
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ static struct completion device_release;
 static unsigned short virtual_dma_port = 0x3f0;
 irqreturn_t floppy_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs);
 static int set_dor(int fdc, char mask, char data);
-static void register_devfs_entries(int drive) __init;
 #define K_64    0x10000         /* 64KB */
@@ -3676,7 +3674,6 @@ static void __init config_types(void)
                                first = 0;
                        }
                        printk("%s fd%d is %s", prepend, drive, name);
-                        register_devfs_entries(drive);
                }
                *UDP = *params;
        }
@@ -3954,37 +3951,6 @@ static struct block_device_operations floppy_fops = {
        .media_changed  = check_floppy_change,
        .revalidate_disk = floppy_revalidate,
 };
-static char *table[] = {
-        "", "d360", "h1200", "u360", "u720", "h360", "h720",
-        "u1440", "u2880", "CompaQ", "h1440", "u1680", "h410",
-        "u820", "h1476", "u1722", "h420", "u830", "h1494", "u1743",
-        "h880", "u1040", "u1120", "h1600", "u1760", "u1920",
-        "u3200", "u3520", "u3840", "u1840", "u800", "u1600",
-        NULL
-};
-static int t360[] = { 1, 0 },
-        t1200[] = { 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 0 },
-        t3in[] = { 8, 9, 26, 27, 28, 7, 11, 15, 19, 24, 25, 29, 31, 3, 4, 13,
-                        17, 21, 22, 30, 0 };
-static int *table_sup[] =
-    { NULL, t360, t1200, t3in + 5 + 8, t3in + 5, t3in, t3in };
-static void __init register_devfs_entries(int drive)
-{
-        int base_minor = (drive < 4) ? drive : (124 + drive);
-        if (UDP->cmos < ARRAY_SIZE(default_drive_params)) {
-                int i = 0;
-                do {
-                        int minor = base_minor + (table_sup[UDP->cmos][i] << 2);
-                        devfs_mk_bdev(MKDEV(FLOPPY_MAJOR, minor),
-                                      S_IFBLK | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP |
-                                      S_IWGRP, "floppy/%d%s", drive,
-                                      table[table_sup[UDP->cmos][i]]);
-                } while (table_sup[UDP->cmos][i++]);
-        }
-}
 /*
 * Floppy Driver initialization
@@ -4261,11 +4227,9 @@ static int __init floppy_init(void)
                motor_off_timer[dr].function = motor_off_callback;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("floppy");
        err = register_blkdev(FLOPPY_MAJOR, "fd");
        if (err)
-                goto out_devfs_remove;
+                goto out_put_disk;
        floppy_queue = blk_init_queue(do_fd_request, &floppy_lock);
        if (!floppy_queue) {
@@ -4424,8 +4388,6 @@ out_unreg_region:
        blk_cleanup_queue(floppy_queue);
 out_unreg_blkdev:
        unregister_blkdev(FLOPPY_MAJOR, "fd");
-out_devfs_remove:
-        devfs_remove("floppy");
 out_put_disk:
        while (dr--) {
                del_timer(&motor_off_timer[dr]);
@@ -4586,19 +4548,6 @@ static void floppy_release_irq_and_dma(void)
 static char *floppy;
-static void unregister_devfs_entries(int drive)
-{
-        int i;
-        if (UDP->cmos < ARRAY_SIZE(default_drive_params)) {
-                i = 0;
-                do {
-                        devfs_remove("floppy/%d%s", drive,
-                                     table[table_sup[UDP->cmos][i]]);
-                } while (table_sup[UDP->cmos][i++]);
-        }
-}
 static void __init parse_floppy_cfg_string(char *cfg)
 {
        char *ptr;
@@ -4635,13 +4584,11 @@ void cleanup_module(void)
                if ((allowed_drive_mask & (1 << drive)) &&
                    fdc_state[FDC(drive)].version != FDC_NONE) {
                        del_gendisk(disks[drive]);
-                        unregister_devfs_entries(drive);
                        device_remove_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev, &dev_attr_cmos);
                        platform_device_unregister(&floppy_device[drive]);
                }
                put_disk(disks[drive]);
        }
-        devfs_remove("floppy");
        del_timer_sync(&fd_timeout);
        del_timer_sync(&fd_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 18dd026f470d..013c5daddb0b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/blkpg.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -1277,8 +1276,6 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
                        goto out_mem3;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("loop");
        for (i = 0; i < max_loop; i++) {
                struct loop_device *lo = &loop_dev[i];
                struct gendisk *disk = disks[i];
@@ -1296,7 +1293,6 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
                disk->first_minor = i;
                disk->fops = &lo_fops;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "loop%d", i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "loop/%d", i);
                disk->private_data = lo;
                disk->queue = lo->lo_queue;
        }
@@ -1310,7 +1306,6 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
 out_mem4:
        while (i--)
                blk_cleanup_queue(loop_dev[i].lo_queue);
-        devfs_remove("loop");
        i = max_loop;
 out_mem3:
        while (i--)
@@ -1333,7 +1328,6 @@ static void loop_exit(void)
                blk_cleanup_queue(loop_dev[i].lo_queue);
                put_disk(disks[i]);
        }
-        devfs_remove("loop");
        if (unregister_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop"))
                printk(KERN_WARNING "loop: cannot unregister blkdev\n");
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 7f554f2ed079..39662f0c9cce 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
@@ -642,7 +640,6 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
        printk(KERN_INFO "nbd: registered device at major %d\n", NBD_MAJOR);
        dprintk(DBG_INIT, "nbd: debugflags=0x%x\n", debugflags);
-        devfs_mk_dir("nbd");
        for (i = 0; i < nbds_max; i++) {
                struct gendisk *disk = nbd_dev[i].disk;
                nbd_dev[i].file = NULL;
@@ -660,7 +657,6 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
                disk->private_data = &nbd_dev[i];
                disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nbd%d", i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "nbd/%d", i);
                set_capacity(disk, 0x7ffffc00ULL << 1); /* 2 TB */
                add_disk(disk);
        }
@@ -686,7 +682,6 @@ static void __exit nbd_cleanup(void)
                        put_disk(disk);
                }
        }
-        devfs_remove("nbd");
        unregister_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd");
        printk(KERN_INFO "nbd: unregistered device at major %d\n", NBD_MAJOR);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pg.c b/drivers/block/paride/pg.c
index 79b868254032..13f998aa1cd3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pg.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pg.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ enum {D_PRT, D_PRO, D_UNI, D_MOD, D_SLV, D_DLY};
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mtio.h>
@@ -674,25 +673,15 @@ static int __init pg_init(void)
                err = PTR_ERR(pg_class);
                goto out_chrdev;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("pg");
        for (unit = 0; unit < PG_UNITS; unit++) {
                struct pg *dev = &devices[unit];
-                if (dev->present) {
+                if (dev->present)
                        class_device_create(pg_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, unit),
                                        NULL, "pg%u", unit);
-                        err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(major, unit),
-                                      S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "pg/%u",
-                                      unit);
-                        if (err) 
-                                goto out_class;
-                }
        }
        err = 0;
        goto out;
-out_class:
-        class_device_destroy(pg_class, MKDEV(major, unit));
-        class_destroy(pg_class);
 out_chrdev:
        unregister_chrdev(major, "pg");
 out:
@@ -705,13 +694,10 @@ static void __exit pg_exit(void)
        for (unit = 0; unit < PG_UNITS; unit++) {
                struct pg *dev = &devices[unit];
-                if (dev->present) {
+                if (dev->present)
                        class_device_destroy(pg_class, MKDEV(major, unit));
-                        devfs_remove("pg/%u", unit);
-                }
        }
        class_destroy(pg_class);
-        devfs_remove("pg");
        unregister_chrdev(major, name);
        for (unit = 0; unit < PG_UNITS; unit++) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pt.c b/drivers/block/paride/pt.c
index d2013d362403..35fb26636721 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pt.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pt.c
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ static int (*drives[4])[6] = {&drive0, &drive1, &drive2, &drive3};
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mtio.h>
@@ -971,32 +970,15 @@ static int __init pt_init(void)
                goto out_chrdev;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("pt");
        for (unit = 0; unit < PT_UNITS; unit++)
                if (pt[unit].present) {
                        class_device_create(pt_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, unit),
                                        NULL, "pt%d", unit);
-                        err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(major, unit),
-                                      S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                      "pt/%d", unit);
-                        if (err) {
-                                class_device_destroy(pt_class, MKDEV(major, unit));
-                                goto out_class;
-                        }
                        class_device_create(pt_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, unit + 128),
                                        NULL, "pt%dn", unit);
-                        err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(major, unit + 128),
-                                      S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                      "pt/%dn", unit);
-                        if (err) {
-                                class_device_destroy(pt_class, MKDEV(major, unit + 128));
-                                goto out_class;
-                        }
                }
        goto out;
-out_class:
-        class_destroy(pt_class);
 out_chrdev:
        unregister_chrdev(major, "pt");
 out:
@@ -1009,12 +991,9 @@ static void __exit pt_exit(void)
        for (unit = 0; unit < PT_UNITS; unit++)
                if (pt[unit].present) {
                        class_device_destroy(pt_class, MKDEV(major, unit));
-                        devfs_remove("pt/%d", unit);
                        class_device_destroy(pt_class, MKDEV(major, unit + 128));
-                        devfs_remove("pt/%dn", unit);
                }
        class_destroy(pt_class);
-        devfs_remove("pt");
        unregister_chrdev(major, name);
        for (unit = 0; unit < PT_UNITS; unit++)
                if (pt[unit].present)
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index a04f60693c39..3e4cce5e4736 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2612,7 +2612,6 @@ static struct file_operations pkt_ctl_fops = {
 static struct miscdevice pkt_misc = {
        .minor          = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
        .name           = "pktcdvd",
-        .devfs_name     = "pktcdvd/control",
        .fops           = &pkt_ctl_fops
 };
diff --git a/drivers/block/ps2esdi.c b/drivers/block/ps2esdi.c
index bea75f2cb211..a729013a3973 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps2esdi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps2esdi.c
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ static int __init ps2esdi_geninit(void)
                disk->major = PS2ESDI_MAJOR;
                disk->first_minor = i<<6;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "ed%c", 'a'+i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "ed/target%d", i);
                disk->fops = &ps2esdi_fops;
                ps2esdi_gendisk[i] = disk;
        }
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 0378da04cfa2..a9e1c2524c2a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
@@ -412,7 +411,6 @@ static void __exit rd_cleanup(void)
                put_disk(rd_disks[i]);
                blk_cleanup_queue(rd_queue[i]);
        }
-        devfs_remove("rd");
        unregister_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "ramdisk");
 }
@@ -442,8 +440,6 @@ static int __init rd_init(void)
                goto out;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("rd");
        for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT; i++) {
                struct gendisk *disk = rd_disks[i];
@@ -461,7 +457,6 @@ static int __init rd_init(void)
                disk->queue = rd_queue[i];
                disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "ram%d", i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "rd/%d", i);
                set_capacity(disk, rd_size * 2);
                add_disk(rd_disks[i]);
        }
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim3.c b/drivers/block/swim3.c
index 01f042f6f1c4..628877945f9b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim3.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim3.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/fd.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -1019,8 +1018,6 @@ int swim3_init(void)
        int err = -ENOMEM;
        int i;
-        devfs_mk_dir("floppy");
        swim = find_devices("floppy");
        while (swim && (floppy_count < MAX_FLOPPIES))
        {
@@ -1064,7 +1061,6 @@ int swim3_init(void)
                disk->queue = swim3_queue;
                disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "fd%d", i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "floppy/%d", i);
                set_capacity(disk, 2880);
                add_disk(disk);
        }
diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index 8144ce9f4df0..10a4aa5fb54d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -1510,7 +1509,6 @@ static int carm_init_disks(struct carm_host *host)
                port->disk = disk;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, DRV_NAME "/%u",
                        (unsigned int) (host->id * CARM_MAX_PORTS) + i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, DRV_NAME "/%u_%u", host->id, i);
                disk->major = host->major;
                disk->first_minor = i * CARM_MINORS_PER_MAJOR;
                disk->fops = &carm_bd_ops;
@@ -1672,8 +1670,6 @@ static int carm_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
        if (host->flags & FL_DYN_MAJOR)
                host->major = rc;
-        devfs_mk_dir(DRV_NAME);
        rc = carm_init_disks(host);
        if (rc)
                goto err_out_blkdev_disks;
@@ -1739,7 +1735,6 @@ static void carm_remove_one (struct pci_dev *pdev)
        free_irq(pdev->irq, host);
        carm_free_disks(host);
-        devfs_remove(DRV_NAME);
        unregister_blkdev(host->major, host->name);
        if (host->major == 160)
                clear_bit(0, &carm_major_alloc);
diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index 60e9a9457c6b..d62b49fbf10c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/usb_usual.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
 #define DRV_NAME "ub"
-#define DEVFS_NAME DRV_NAME
 #define UB_MAJOR 180
@@ -2291,7 +2289,6 @@ static int ub_probe_lun(struct ub_dev *sc, int lnum)
                goto err_diskalloc;
        sprintf(disk->disk_name, DRV_NAME "%c", lun->id + 'a');
-        sprintf(disk->devfs_name, DEVFS_NAME "/%c", lun->id + 'a');
        disk->major = UB_MAJOR;
        disk->first_minor = lun->id * UB_PARTS_PER_LUN;
        disk->fops = &ub_bd_fops;
@@ -2445,7 +2442,6 @@ static int __init ub_init(void)
        if ((rc = register_blkdev(UB_MAJOR, DRV_NAME)) != 0)
                goto err_regblkdev;
-        devfs_mk_dir(DEVFS_NAME);
        if ((rc = usb_register(&ub_driver)) != 0)
                goto err_register;
@@ -2454,7 +2450,6 @@ static int __init ub_init(void)
        return 0;
 err_register:
-        devfs_remove(DEVFS_NAME);
        unregister_blkdev(UB_MAJOR, DRV_NAME);
 err_regblkdev:
        return rc;
@@ -2464,7 +2459,6 @@ static void __exit ub_exit(void)
 {
        usb_deregister(&ub_driver);
-        devfs_remove(DEVFS_NAME);
        unregister_blkdev(UB_MAJOR, DRV_NAME);
        usb_usual_clear_present(USB_US_TYPE_UB);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/umem.c b/drivers/block/umem.c
index f7d4c65a7b8c..585197b95af7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/block/umem.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,6 @@ static int __init mm_init(void)
        for (i = 0; i < num_cards; i++) {
                struct gendisk *disk = mm_gendisk[i];
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "umem%c", 'a'+i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "umem/card%d", i);
                spin_lock_init(&cards[i].lock);
                disk->major = major_nr;
                disk->first_minor  = i << MM_SHIFT;
diff --git a/drivers/block/viodasd.c b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
index b0df4f5ab97a..ec5a1b90a0a2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/viodasd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 * numbers 0-255 we get a maximum of 32 disks.
 */
 #define VIOD_GENHD_NAME         "iseries/vd"
-#define VIOD_GENHD_DEVFS_NAME   "iseries/disc"
 #define VIOD_VERS               "1.64"
@@ -523,8 +522,6 @@ retry:
        else
                snprintf(g->disk_name, sizeof(g->disk_name),
                                VIOD_GENHD_NAME "%c", 'a' + (dev_no % 26));
-        snprintf(g->devfs_name, sizeof(g->devfs_name),
-                        "%s%d", VIOD_GENHD_DEVFS_NAME, dev_no);
        g->fops = &viodasd_fops;
        g->queue = q;
        g->private_data = d;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xd.c b/drivers/block/xd.c
index cbce7c5e9445..e828e4cbd3e1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xd.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ static int __init xd_init(void)
                disk->major = XT_DISK_MAJOR;
                disk->first_minor = i<<6;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "xd%c", i+'a');
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "xd/target%d", i);
                disk->fops = &xd_fops;
                disk->private_data = p;
                disk->queue = xd_queue;
diff --git a/drivers/block/z2ram.c b/drivers/block/z2ram.c
index bb5e8d665a2a..82ddbdd7bd4b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/z2ram.c
+++ b/drivers/block/z2ram.c
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ z2_init(void)
    z2ram_gendisk->first_minor = 0;
    z2ram_gendisk->fops = &z2_fops;
    sprintf(z2ram_gendisk->disk_name, "z2ram");
-    strcpy(z2ram_gendisk->devfs_name, z2ram_gendisk->disk_name);
    z2ram_gendisk->queue = z2_queue;
    add_disk(z2ram_gendisk);
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.c b/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.c
index ec004897b634..ec469497c10f 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.c
@@ -1918,7 +1918,6 @@ static int __init aztcd_init(void)
        azt_disk->first_minor = 0;
        azt_disk->fops = &azt_fops;
        sprintf(azt_disk->disk_name, "aztcd");
-        sprintf(azt_disk->devfs_name, "aztcd");
        azt_disk->queue = azt_queue;
        add_disk(azt_disk);
        azt_invalidate_buffers();
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c
index 72ffd64e8b1e..5f0f2027f29e 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cm206.c b/drivers/cdrom/cm206.c
index f43a988dd413..4ee288688fed 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cm206.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cm206.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ History:
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/cdrom.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gscd.c b/drivers/cdrom/gscd.c
index ad5464ab99bc..b6ee50a2916d 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gscd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gscd.c
@@ -955,7 +955,6 @@ static int __init gscd_init(void)
        gscd_disk->first_minor = 0;
        gscd_disk->fops = &gscd_fops;
        sprintf(gscd_disk->disk_name, "gscd");
-        sprintf(gscd_disk->devfs_name, "gscd");
        if (register_blkdev(MAJOR_NR, "gscd")) {
                ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c b/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c
index 0f6e7aab8d2c..788c7a0b2fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static const char *mcdx_c_version
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #define MAJOR_NR MITSUMI_X_CDROM_MAJOR
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include "mcdx.h"
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/optcd.c b/drivers/cdrom/optcd.c
index 0b0eab4f40fa..25032d7edc55 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/optcd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/optcd.c
@@ -2033,7 +2033,6 @@ static int __init optcd_init(void)
        optcd_disk->first_minor = 0;
        optcd_disk->fops = &opt_fops;
        sprintf(optcd_disk->disk_name, "optcd");
-        sprintf(optcd_disk->devfs_name, "optcd");
        if (!request_region(optcd_port, 4, "optcd")) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "optcd: conflict, I/O port 0x%x already used\n",
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c b/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c
index 05c9e865ecaf..2fc966c65a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/cdrom.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -5808,8 +5807,6 @@ int __init sbpcd_init(void)
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("sbp");
        for (j=0;j<NR_SBPCD;j++)
        {
                struct cdrom_device_info * sbpcd_infop;
@@ -5871,7 +5868,6 @@ int __init sbpcd_init(void)
                disk->fops = &sbpcd_bdops;
                strcpy(disk->disk_name, sbpcd_infop->name);
                disk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD;
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "sbp/c0t%d", p->drv_id);
                p->disk = disk;
                if (register_cdrom(sbpcd_infop))
                {
@@ -5906,7 +5902,6 @@ static void sbpcd_exit(void)
                if (D_S[j].drv_id==-1) continue;
                del_gendisk(D_S[j].disk);
                put_disk(D_S[j].disk);
-                devfs_remove("sbp/c0t%d", j);
                vfree(D_S[j].sbp_buf);
                if (D_S[j].sbp_audsiz>0)
                        vfree(D_S[j].aud_buf);
@@ -5917,7 +5912,6 @@ static void sbpcd_exit(void)
                }
                vfree(D_S[j].sbpcd_infop);
        }
-        devfs_remove("sbp");
        msg(DBG_INF, "%s module released.\n", major_name);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c b/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c
index 74b1cadbf161..bf5aef4e555b 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c
@@ -1695,7 +1695,6 @@ static int __init sjcd_init(void)
        sjcd_disk->first_minor = 0,
        sjcd_disk->fops = &sjcd_fops,
        sprintf(sjcd_disk->disk_name, "sjcd");
-        sprintf(sjcd_disk->devfs_name, "sjcd");
        if (!request_region(sjcd_base, 4,"sjcd")) {
                printk
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c b/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c
index e65659926432..8f7cc452af8d 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c
@@ -1589,7 +1589,6 @@ static int __init sony535_init(void)
        cdu_disk->first_minor = 0;
        cdu_disk->fops = &cdu_fops;
        sprintf(cdu_disk->disk_name, "cdu");
-        sprintf(cdu_disk->devfs_name, "cdu535");
        if (!request_region(sony535_cd_base_io, 4, CDU535_HANDLE)) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING"sonycd535: Unable to request region 0x%x\n",
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index af6b3bfd169b..54ca931e19ea 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include <asm/iseries/vio.h>
 #define VIOCD_DEVICE                    "iseries/vcd"
-#define VIOCD_DEVICE_DEVFS              "iseries/vcd"
 #define VIOCD_VERS "1.06"
@@ -688,8 +687,6 @@ static int viocd_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
        gendisk->first_minor = deviceno;
        strncpy(gendisk->disk_name, c->name,
                        sizeof(gendisk->disk_name));
-        snprintf(gendisk->devfs_name, sizeof(gendisk->devfs_name),
-                        VIOCD_DEVICE_DEVFS "%d", deviceno);
        blk_queue_max_hw_segments(q, 1);
        blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, 1);
        blk_queue_max_sectors(q, 4096 / 512);
diff --git a/drivers/char/cyclades.c b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
index 122e7a72a4e1..2657eeba7da6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/cyclades.c
+++ b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
@@ -5250,7 +5250,6 @@ cy_init(void)
    cy_serial_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
    cy_serial_driver->driver_name = "cyclades";
    cy_serial_driver->name = "ttyC";
-    cy_serial_driver->devfs_name = "tts/C";
    cy_serial_driver->major = CYCLADES_MAJOR;
    cy_serial_driver->minor_start = 0;
    cy_serial_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
index e233cf280bc0..09b413618b57 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -518,17 +517,9 @@ static int __init dsp56k_init_driver(void)
        }
        class_device_create(dsp56k_class, NULL, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "dsp56k");
-        err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0),
-                      S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "dsp56k");
-        if(err)
-                goto out_class;
        printk(banner);
        goto out;
-out_class:
-        class_device_destroy(dsp56k_class, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0));
-        class_destroy(dsp56k_class);
 out_chrdev:
        unregister_chrdev(DSP56K_MAJOR, "dsp56k");
 out:
@@ -541,7 +532,6 @@ static void __exit dsp56k_cleanup_driver(void)
        class_device_destroy(dsp56k_class, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0));
        class_destroy(dsp56k_class);
        unregister_chrdev(DSP56K_MAJOR, "dsp56k");
-        devfs_remove("dsp56k");
 }
 module_exit(dsp56k_cleanup_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/char/dtlk.c b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
index 87dcaa237f07..da2c89f1b8bc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dtlk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>         /* for __init, module_{init,exit} */
 #include <linux/poll.h>         /* for POLLIN, etc. */
 #include <linux/dtlk.h>         /* local header file for DoubleTalk values */
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #ifdef TRACING
@@ -337,9 +336,6 @@ static int __init dtlk_init(void)
        if (dtlk_dev_probe() == 0)
                printk(", MAJOR %d\n", dtlk_major);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(dtlk_major, DTLK_MINOR),
-                       S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "dtlk");
        init_timer(&dtlk_timer);
        dtlk_timer.function = dtlk_timer_tick;
        init_waitqueue_head(&dtlk_process_list);
@@ -357,7 +353,6 @@ static void __exit dtlk_cleanup (void)
        dtlk_write_tts(DTLK_CLEAR);
        unregister_chrdev(dtlk_major, "dtlk");
-        devfs_remove("dtlk");
        release_region(dtlk_port_lpc, DTLK_IO_EXTENT);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/epca.c b/drivers/char/epca.c
index dc0602ae8503..d0b3890d9302 100644
--- a/drivers/char/epca.c
+++ b/drivers/char/epca.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,6 @@ static int __init pc_init(void)
        pc_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        pc_driver->name = "ttyD"; 
-        pc_driver->devfs_name = "tts/D";
        pc_driver->major = DIGI_MAJOR; 
        pc_driver->minor_start = 0;
        pc_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/esp.c b/drivers/char/esp.c
index 922174d527ae..9827d170ca17 100644
--- a/drivers/char/esp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/esp.c
@@ -2449,7 +2449,6 @@ static int __init espserial_init(void)
        
        esp_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        esp_driver->name = "ttyP";
-        esp_driver->devfs_name = "tts/P";
        esp_driver->major = ESP_IN_MAJOR;
        esp_driver->minor_start = 0;
        esp_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape-init.c b/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape-init.c
index 821357ce7e0e..3eeb869a9a11 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape-init.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape-init.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #endif
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zftape.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -332,29 +331,11 @@ KERN_INFO
        zft_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "zft");
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
                class_device_create(zft_class, NULL, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i), NULL, "qft%i", i);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                "qft%i", i);
                class_device_create(zft_class, NULL, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 4), NULL, "nqft%i", i);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 4),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                "nqft%i", i);
                class_device_create(zft_class, NULL, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 16), NULL, "zqft%i", i);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 16),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                "zqft%i", i);
                class_device_create(zft_class, NULL, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 20), NULL, "nzqft%i", i);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 20),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                "nzqft%i", i);
                class_device_create(zft_class, NULL, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 32), NULL, "rawqft%i", i);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 32),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                "rawqft%i", i);
                class_device_create(zft_class, NULL, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 36), NULL, "nrawrawqft%i", i);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 36),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                                "nrawqft%i", i);
        }
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZFT_COMPRESSOR
@@ -380,17 +361,11 @@ static void zft_exit(void)
                TRACE(ft_t_info, "successful");
        }
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-                devfs_remove("qft%i", i);
                class_device_destroy(zft_class, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i));
-                devfs_remove("nqft%i", i);
                class_device_destroy(zft_class, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 4));
-                devfs_remove("zqft%i", i);
                class_device_destroy(zft_class, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 16));
-                devfs_remove("nzqft%i", i);
                class_device_destroy(zft_class, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 20));
-                devfs_remove("rawqft%i", i);
                class_device_destroy(zft_class, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 32));
-                devfs_remove("nrawqft%i", i);
                class_device_destroy(zft_class, MKDEV(QIC117_TAPE_MAJOR, i + 36));
        }
        class_destroy(zft_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
index a5c6a9d7ff08..6e380aecea6a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ int __init hvc_init(void)
                return -ENOMEM;
        drv->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-        drv->devfs_name = "hvc/";
        drv->driver_name = "hvc";
        drv->name = "hvc";
        drv->major = HVC_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvcs.c b/drivers/char/hvcs.c
index afa26b65dac3..130dedc37568 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvcs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvcs.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,6 @@ static int __init hvcs_module_init(void)
        hvcs_tty_driver->driver_name = hvcs_driver_name;
        hvcs_tty_driver->name = hvcs_device_node;
-        hvcs_tty_driver->devfs_name = hvcs_device_node;
        /*
         * We'll let the system assign us a major number, indicated by leaving
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvsi.c b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
index a0370ed752ce..7b04eb153205 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvsi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,6 @@ static int __init hvsi_init(void)
                return -ENOMEM;
        hvsi_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-        hvsi_driver->devfs_name = "hvsi/";
        hvsi_driver->driver_name = "hvsi";
        hvsi_driver->name = "hvsi";
        hvsi_driver->major = HVSI_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
index 9ab33c3d359f..8619542766cb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
@@ -414,9 +413,7 @@ cleanup_module(void)
                        /* free io addresses and Tibet */
                        release_region( ip2config.addr[i], 8 );
                        class_device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i));
-                        devfs_remove("ip2/ipl%d", i);
                        class_device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1));
-                        devfs_remove("ip2/stat%d", i);
                }
                /* Disable and remove interrupt handler. */
                if ( (ip2config.irq[i] > 0) && have_requested_irq(ip2config.irq[i]) ) { 
@@ -425,7 +422,6 @@ cleanup_module(void)
                }
        }
        class_destroy(ip2_class);
-        devfs_remove("ip2");
        if ( ( err = tty_unregister_driver ( ip2_tty_driver ) ) ) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "IP2: failed to unregister tty driver (%d)\n", err);
        }
@@ -675,7 +671,6 @@ ip2_loadmain(int *iop, int *irqp, unsigned char *firmware, int firmsize)
        ip2_tty_driver->owner               = THIS_MODULE;
        ip2_tty_driver->name                 = "ttyF";
-        ip2_tty_driver->devfs_name          = "tts/F";
        ip2_tty_driver->driver_name          = pcDriver_name;
        ip2_tty_driver->major                = IP2_TTY_MAJOR;
        ip2_tty_driver->minor_start          = 0;
@@ -683,7 +678,7 @@ ip2_loadmain(int *iop, int *irqp, unsigned char *firmware, int firmsize)
        ip2_tty_driver->subtype              = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL;
        ip2_tty_driver->init_termios         = tty_std_termios;
        ip2_tty_driver->init_termios.c_cflag = B9600|CS8|CREAD|HUPCL|CLOCAL;
-        ip2_tty_driver->flags                = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        ip2_tty_driver->flags                = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        tty_set_operations(ip2_tty_driver, &ip2_ops);
        ip2trace (ITRC_NO_PORT, ITRC_INIT, 3, 0 );
@@ -724,26 +719,9 @@ ip2_loadmain(int *iop, int *irqp, unsigned char *firmware, int firmsize)
                                class_device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
                                                MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i),
                                                NULL, "ipl%d", i);
-                                err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i),
-                                                S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IFCHR,
-                                                "ip2/ipl%d", i);
-                                if (err) {
-                                        class_device_destroy(ip2_class,
-                                                MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i));
-                                        goto out_class;
-                                }
                                class_device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
                                                MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1),
                                                NULL, "stat%d", i);
-                                err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1),
-                                                S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IFCHR,
-                                                "ip2/stat%d", i);
-                                if (err) {
-                                        class_device_destroy(ip2_class,
-                                                MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1));
-                                        goto out_class;
-                                }
                            for ( box = 0; box < ABS_MAX_BOXES; ++box )
                            {
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index e1c95374984c..da637adbbfaa 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ipmi.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -804,9 +803,6 @@ static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num, struct device *device)
        dev_t dev = MKDEV(ipmi_major, if_num);
        struct ipmi_reg_list *entry;
-        devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                      "ipmidev/%d", if_num);
        entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!entry) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "ipmi_devintf: Unable to create the"
@@ -836,7 +832,6 @@ static void ipmi_smi_gone(int if_num)
        }
        class_device_destroy(ipmi_class, dev);
        mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
-        devfs_remove("ipmidev/%d", if_num);
 }
 static struct ipmi_smi_watcher smi_watcher =
@@ -872,8 +867,6 @@ static __init int init_ipmi_devintf(void)
                ipmi_major = rv;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir(DEVICE_NAME);
        rv = ipmi_smi_watcher_register(&smi_watcher);
        if (rv) {
                unregister_chrdev(ipmi_major, DEVICE_NAME);
@@ -898,7 +891,6 @@ static __exit void cleanup_ipmi(void)
        mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
        class_destroy(ipmi_class);
        ipmi_smi_watcher_unregister(&smi_watcher);
-        devfs_remove(DEVICE_NAME);
        unregister_chrdev(ipmi_major, DEVICE_NAME);
 }
 module_exit(cleanup_ipmi);
diff --git a/drivers/char/isicom.c b/drivers/char/isicom.c
index efaaa1937ab6..478bf4d7d065 100644
--- a/drivers/char/isicom.c
+++ b/drivers/char/isicom.c
@@ -1581,7 +1581,6 @@ static int __devinit isicom_register_tty_driver(void)
        isicom_normal->owner                    = THIS_MODULE;
        isicom_normal->name                     = "ttyM";
-        isicom_normal->devfs_name               = "isicom/";
        isicom_normal->major                    = ISICOM_NMAJOR;
        isicom_normal->minor_start              = 0;
        isicom_normal->type                     = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/istallion.c b/drivers/char/istallion.c
index 216c79256de3..c74e5660a9b7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/istallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/istallion.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/eisa.h>
@@ -826,11 +825,8 @@ static void __exit istallion_module_exit(void)
                return;
        }
        put_tty_driver(stli_serial);
-        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                devfs_remove("staliomem/%d", i);
                class_device_destroy(istallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
-        }
-        devfs_remove("staliomem");
        class_destroy(istallion_class);
        if ((i = unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem")))
                printk("STALLION: failed to un-register serial memory device, "
@@ -4728,16 +4724,11 @@ int __init stli_init(void)
                printk(KERN_ERR "STALLION: failed to register serial memory "
                                "device\n");
-        devfs_mk_dir("staliomem");
        istallion_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "staliomem");
-        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
-                               S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                               "staliomem/%d", i);
                class_device_create(istallion_class, NULL,
                                MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
                                NULL, "staliomem%d", i);
-        }
 /*
 *      Set up the tty driver structure and register us as a driver.
diff --git a/drivers/char/lp.c b/drivers/char/lp.c
index e57260525293..b11a390581ba 100644
--- a/drivers/char/lp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/lp.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -807,8 +806,6 @@ static int lp_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
        class_device_create(lp_class, NULL, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, nr), NULL,
                                "lp%d", nr);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, nr), S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-                        "printers/%d", nr);
        printk(KERN_INFO "lp%d: using %s (%s).\n", nr, port->name, 
               (port->irq == PARPORT_IRQ_NONE)?"polling":"interrupt-driven");
@@ -907,7 +904,6 @@ static int __init lp_init (void)
                return -EIO;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("printers");
        lp_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "printer");
        if (IS_ERR(lp_class)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(lp_class);
@@ -933,7 +929,6 @@ static int __init lp_init (void)
 out_class:
        class_destroy(lp_class);
 out_devfs:
-        devfs_remove("printers");
        unregister_chrdev(LP_MAJOR, "lp");
        return err;
 }
@@ -981,10 +976,8 @@ static void lp_cleanup_module (void)
                if (lp_table[offset].dev == NULL)
                        continue;
                parport_unregister_device(lp_table[offset].dev);
-                devfs_remove("printers/%d", offset);
                class_device_destroy(lp_class, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, offset));
        }
-        devfs_remove("printers");
        class_destroy(lp_class);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 1fa9fa157c12..6fe7b6c6c462 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
@@ -941,13 +940,10 @@ static int __init chr_dev_init(void)
                printk("unable to get major %d for memory devs\n", MEM_MAJOR);
        mem_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "mem");
-        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(devlist); i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(devlist); i++)
                class_device_create(mem_class, NULL,
                                        MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, devlist[i].minor),
                                        NULL, devlist[i].name);
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, devlist[i].minor),
-                                S_IFCHR | devlist[i].mode, devlist[i].name);
-        }
        
        return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 96eb2a709e21..dfe1cede3916 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
 {
        struct miscdevice *c;
        dev_t dev;
-        int err;
+        int err = 0;
        down(&misc_sem);
        list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -228,10 +227,6 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
        if (misc->minor < DYNAMIC_MINORS)
                misc_minors[misc->minor >> 3] |= 1 << (misc->minor & 7);
-        if (misc->devfs_name[0] == '\0') {
-                snprintf(misc->devfs_name, sizeof(misc->devfs_name),
-                                "misc/%s", misc->name);
-        }
        dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
        misc->class = class_device_create(misc_class, NULL, dev, misc->dev,
@@ -241,13 +236,6 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
                goto out;
        }
-        err = devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP, 
-                            misc->devfs_name);
-        if (err) {
-                class_device_destroy(misc_class, dev);
-                goto out;
-        }
        /*
         * Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
         * earlier defaults
@@ -278,7 +266,6 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice * misc)
        down(&misc_sem);
        list_del(&misc->list);
        class_device_destroy(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
-        devfs_remove(misc->devfs_name);
        if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i>0) {
                misc_minors[i>>3] &= ~(1 << (misc->minor & 7));
        }
diff --git a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
index d65b3109318a..95e8122b8068 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mmtimer.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/posix-timers.h>
@@ -694,7 +693,6 @@ static int __init mmtimer_init(void)
                return -1;
        }
-        strcpy(mmtimer_miscdev.devfs_name, MMTIMER_NAME);
        if (misc_register(&mmtimer_miscdev)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to register device\n",
                       MMTIMER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/char/moxa.c b/drivers/char/moxa.c
index 01247cccb89f..52ef61f54ba0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/moxa.c
+++ b/drivers/char/moxa.c
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ static int __init moxa_init(void)
        init_MUTEX(&moxaBuffSem);
        moxaDriver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        moxaDriver->name = "ttyMX";
-        moxaDriver->devfs_name = "tts/a";
        moxaDriver->major = ttymajor;
        moxaDriver->minor_start = 0;
        moxaDriver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index bee6c47b45bd..24231d9743dc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/parport.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
@@ -770,7 +769,7 @@ static struct parport_driver pp_driver = {
 static int __init ppdev_init (void)
 {
-        int i, err = 0;
+        int err = 0;
        if (register_chrdev (PP_MAJOR, CHRDEV, &pp_fops)) {
                printk (KERN_WARNING CHRDEV ": unable to get major %d\n",
@@ -782,11 +781,6 @@ static int __init ppdev_init (void)
                err = PTR_ERR(ppdev_class);
                goto out_chrdev;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("parports");
-        for (i = 0; i < PARPORT_MAX; i++) {
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(PP_MAJOR, i),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO, "parports/%d", i);
-        }
        if (parport_register_driver(&pp_driver)) {
                printk (KERN_WARNING CHRDEV ": unable to register with parport\n");
                goto out_class;
@@ -796,9 +790,6 @@ static int __init ppdev_init (void)
        goto out;
 out_class:
-        for (i = 0; i < PARPORT_MAX; i++)
-                devfs_remove("parports/%d", i);
-        devfs_remove("parports");
        class_destroy(ppdev_class);
 out_chrdev:
        unregister_chrdev(PP_MAJOR, CHRDEV);
@@ -808,12 +799,8 @@ out:
 static void __exit ppdev_cleanup (void)
 {
-        int i;
        /* Clean up all parport stuff */
-        for (i = 0; i < PARPORT_MAX; i++)
-                devfs_remove("parports/%d", i);
        parport_unregister_driver(&pp_driver);
-        devfs_remove("parports");
        class_destroy(ppdev_class);
        unregister_chrdev (PP_MAJOR, CHRDEV);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pty.c b/drivers/char/pty.c
index 0c17f61549b4..9491e4307566 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pty.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ static void __init legacy_pty_init(void)
        pty_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        pty_driver->driver_name = "pty_master";
        pty_driver->name = "pty";
-        pty_driver->devfs_name = "pty/m";
        pty_driver->major = PTY_MASTER_MAJOR;
        pty_driver->minor_start = 0;
        pty_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY;
@@ -283,7 +281,6 @@ static void __init legacy_pty_init(void)
        pty_slave_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        pty_slave_driver->driver_name = "pty_slave";
        pty_slave_driver->name = "ttyp";
-        pty_slave_driver->devfs_name = "pty/s";
        pty_slave_driver->major = PTY_SLAVE_MAJOR;
        pty_slave_driver->minor_start = 0;
        pty_slave_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY;
@@ -351,7 +348,6 @@ static int pty_unix98_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 static void __init unix98_pty_init(void)
 {
-        devfs_mk_dir("pts");
        ptm_driver = alloc_tty_driver(NR_UNIX98_PTY_MAX);
        if (!ptm_driver)
                panic("Couldn't allocate Unix98 ptm driver");
@@ -372,7 +368,7 @@ static void __init unix98_pty_init(void)
        ptm_driver->init_termios.c_cflag = B38400 | CS8 | CREAD;
        ptm_driver->init_termios.c_lflag = 0;
        ptm_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS | TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW |
-                TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS | TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM;
+                TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV | TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM;
        ptm_driver->other = pts_driver;
        tty_set_operations(ptm_driver, &pty_ops);
        ptm_driver->ioctl = pty_unix98_ioctl;
@@ -387,7 +383,7 @@ static void __init unix98_pty_init(void)
        pts_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        pts_driver->init_termios.c_cflag = B38400 | CS8 | CREAD;
        pts_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS | TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW |
-                TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS | TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM;
+                TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV | TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM;
        pts_driver->other = ptm_driver;
        tty_set_operations(pts_driver, &pty_ops);
        
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 15a7b4086524..9bf97c5e38c0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -288,7 +287,6 @@ static struct cdev raw_cdev = {
 static int __init raw_init(void)
 {
-        int i;
        dev_t dev = MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0);
        if (register_chrdev_region(dev, MAX_RAW_MINORS, "raw"))
@@ -310,13 +308,6 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
        }
        class_device_create(raw_class, NULL, MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "rawctl");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0),
-                      S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-                      "raw/rawctl");
-        for (i = 1; i < MAX_RAW_MINORS; i++)
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, i),
-                              S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-                              "raw/raw%d", i);
        return 0;
 error:
@@ -326,12 +317,6 @@ error:
 static void __exit raw_exit(void)
 {
-        int i;
-        for (i = 1; i < MAX_RAW_MINORS; i++)
-                devfs_remove("raw/raw%d", i);
-        devfs_remove("raw/rawctl");
-        devfs_remove("raw");
        class_device_destroy(raw_class, MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0));
        class_destroy(raw_class);
        cdev_del(&raw_cdev);
diff --git a/drivers/char/riscom8.c b/drivers/char/riscom8.c
index 657c0d88f48c..c84c3c3f10c3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/riscom8.c
+++ b/drivers/char/riscom8.c
@@ -1634,7 +1634,6 @@ static inline int rc_init_drivers(void)
        memset(IRQ_to_board, 0, sizeof(IRQ_to_board));
        riscom_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        riscom_driver->name = "ttyL";
-        riscom_driver->devfs_name = "tts/L";
        riscom_driver->major = RISCOM8_NORMAL_MAJOR;
        riscom_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
        riscom_driver->subtype = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/rocket.c b/drivers/char/rocket.c
index 0708c5164c83..0ac131881322 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rocket.c
@@ -2426,8 +2426,7 @@ static int __init rp_init(void)
         */
        rocket_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-        rocket_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        rocket_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
-        rocket_driver->devfs_name = "tts/R";
        rocket_driver->name = "ttyR";
        rocket_driver->driver_name = "Comtrol RocketPort";
        rocket_driver->major = TTY_ROCKET_MAJOR;
@@ -2438,7 +2437,7 @@ static int __init rp_init(void)
        rocket_driver->init_termios.c_cflag =
            B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
 #ifdef ROCKET_SOFT_FLOW
-        rocket_driver->flags |= TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        rocket_driver->flags |= TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
 #endif
        tty_set_operations(rocket_driver, &rocket_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/char/serial167.c b/drivers/char/serial167.c
index 037c940ac71b..c851eeaa4069 100644
--- a/drivers/char/serial167.c
+++ b/drivers/char/serial167.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,6 @@ scrn[1] = '\0';
    /* Initialize the tty_driver structure */
    
    cy_serial_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-    cy_serial_driver->devfs_name = "tts/";
    cy_serial_driver->name = "ttyS";
    cy_serial_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
    cy_serial_driver->minor_start = 64;
diff --git a/drivers/char/stallion.c b/drivers/char/stallion.c
index 00b4a2187164..0f7a542d9041 100644
--- a/drivers/char/stallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/stallion.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -757,11 +756,8 @@ static void __exit stallion_module_exit(void)
                        "errno=%d\n", -i);
                return;
        }
-        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                devfs_remove("staliomem/%d", i);
                class_device_destroy(stallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
-        }
-        devfs_remove("staliomem");
        if ((i = unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem")))
                printk("STALLION: failed to un-register serial memory device, "
                        "errno=%d\n", -i);
@@ -3044,22 +3040,16 @@ static int __init stl_init(void)
 */
        if (register_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem", &stl_fsiomem))
                printk("STALLION: failed to register serial board device\n");
-        devfs_mk_dir("staliomem");
        stallion_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "staliomem");
-        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
-                                S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
-                                "staliomem/%d", i);
                class_device_create(stallion_class, NULL,
                                    MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i), NULL,
                                    "staliomem%d", i);
-        }
        stl_serial->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        stl_serial->driver_name = stl_drvname;
        stl_serial->name = "ttyE";
-        stl_serial->devfs_name = "tts/E";
        stl_serial->major = STL_SERIALMAJOR;
        stl_serial->minor_start = 0;
        stl_serial->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/tipar.c b/drivers/char/tipar.c
index 079db5a935a1..f7802e5bd7ca 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tipar.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tipar.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>      /* DevFs support */
 #include <linux/parport.h>              /* Our code depend on parport */
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -443,12 +442,6 @@ tipar_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
        class_device_create(tipar_class, NULL, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR,
                        TIPAR_MINOR + nr), NULL, "par%d", nr);
-        /* Use devfs, tree: /dev/ticables/par/[0..2] */
-        err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, TIPAR_MINOR + nr),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-                        "ticables/par/%d", nr);
-        if (err)
-                goto out_class;
        /* Display informations */
        pr_info("tipar%d: using %s (%s)\n", nr, port->name, (port->irq ==
@@ -460,11 +453,7 @@ tipar_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
                pr_info("tipar%d: link cable not found\n", nr);
        err = 0;
-        goto out;
-out_class:
-        class_device_destroy(tipar_class, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, TIPAR_MINOR + nr));
-        class_destroy(tipar_class);
 out:
        return err;
 }
@@ -507,9 +496,6 @@ tipar_init_module(void)
                goto out;
        }
-        /* Use devfs with tree: /dev/ticables/par/[0..2] */
-        devfs_mk_dir("ticables/par");
        tipar_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ticables");
        if (IS_ERR(tipar_class)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(tipar_class);
@@ -528,7 +514,6 @@ out_class:
        class_destroy(tipar_class);
 out_chrdev:
-        devfs_remove("ticables/par");
        unregister_chrdev(TIPAR_MAJOR, "tipar");
 out:
        return err;     
@@ -549,10 +534,8 @@ tipar_cleanup_module(void)
                        continue;
                parport_unregister_device(table[i].dev);
                class_device_destroy(tipar_class, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, i));
-                devfs_remove("ticables/par/%d", i);
        }
        class_destroy(tipar_class);
-        devfs_remove("ticables/par");
        pr_info("tipar: module unloaded\n");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 8d19f7281f0b..a1143238feca 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
 #include <linux/kbd_kern.h>
 #include <linux/vt_kern.h>
 #include <linux/selection.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
@@ -2955,8 +2954,8 @@ static struct class *tty_class;
 * Returns a pointer to the class device (or ERR_PTR(-EFOO) on error).
 *
 * This call is required to be made to register an individual tty device if
- * the tty driver's flags have the TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS bit set.  If that
+ * the tty driver's flags have the TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV bit set.  If that
- * bit is not set, this function should not be called.
+ * bit is not set, this function should not be called by a tty driver.
 */
 struct class_device *tty_register_device(struct tty_driver *driver,
                                         unsigned index, struct device *device)
@@ -2970,9 +2969,6 @@ struct class_device *tty_register_device(struct tty_driver *driver,
                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
        }
-        devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                        "%s%d", driver->devfs_name, index + driver->name_base);
        if (driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY)
                pty_line_name(driver, index, name);
        else
@@ -2991,7 +2987,6 @@ struct class_device *tty_register_device(struct tty_driver *driver,
 */
 void tty_unregister_device(struct tty_driver *driver, unsigned index)
 {
-        devfs_remove("%s%d", driver->devfs_name, index + driver->name_base);
        class_device_destroy(tty_class, MKDEV(driver->major, driver->minor_start) + index);
 }
@@ -3113,7 +3108,7 @@ int tty_register_driver(struct tty_driver *driver)
        
        list_add(&driver->tty_drivers, &tty_drivers);
        
-        if ( !(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS) ) {
+        if ( !(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV) ) {
                for(i = 0; i < driver->num; i++)
                    tty_register_device(driver, i, NULL);
        }
@@ -3156,7 +3151,7 @@ int tty_unregister_driver(struct tty_driver *driver)
                        driver->termios_locked[i] = NULL;
                        kfree(tp);
                }
-                if (!(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS))
+                if (!(driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV))
                        tty_unregister_device(driver, i);
        }
        p = driver->ttys;
@@ -3232,14 +3227,12 @@ static int __init tty_init(void)
        if (cdev_add(&tty_cdev, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 0), 1) ||
            register_chrdev_region(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 0), 1, "/dev/tty") < 0)
                panic("Couldn't register /dev/tty driver\n");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 0), S_IFCHR|S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, "tty");
        class_device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "tty");
        cdev_init(&console_cdev, &console_fops);
        if (cdev_add(&console_cdev, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), 1) ||
            register_chrdev_region(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), 1, "/dev/console") < 0)
                panic("Couldn't register /dev/console driver\n");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "console");
        class_device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1), NULL, "console");
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
@@ -3247,7 +3240,6 @@ static int __init tty_init(void)
        if (cdev_add(&ptmx_cdev, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2), 1) ||
            register_chrdev_region(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2), 1, "/dev/ptmx") < 0)
                panic("Couldn't register /dev/ptmx driver\n");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2), S_IFCHR|S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, "ptmx");
        class_device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2), NULL, "ptmx");
 #endif
@@ -3256,7 +3248,6 @@ static int __init tty_init(void)
        if (cdev_add(&vc0_cdev, MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0), 1) ||
            register_chrdev_region(MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0), 1, "/dev/vc/0") < 0)
                panic("Couldn't register /dev/tty0 driver\n");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "vc/0");
        class_device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "tty0");
        vty_init();
diff --git a/drivers/char/vc_screen.c b/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
index 3c1dafaa3441..234d7f3fb114 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -478,12 +477,6 @@ static struct class *vc_class;
 void vcs_make_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, tty->index + 1),
-                        S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
-                        "vcc/%u", tty->index + 1);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, tty->index + 129),
-                        S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
-                        "vcc/a%u", tty->index + 1);
        class_device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, tty->index + 1),
                        NULL, "vcs%u", tty->index + 1);
        class_device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, tty->index + 129),
@@ -491,8 +484,6 @@ void vcs_make_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty)
 }
 void vcs_remove_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-        devfs_remove("vcc/%u", tty->index + 1);
-        devfs_remove("vcc/a%u", tty->index + 1);
        class_device_destroy(vc_class, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, tty->index + 1));
        class_device_destroy(vc_class, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, tty->index + 129));
 }
@@ -503,8 +494,6 @@ int __init vcs_init(void)
                panic("unable to get major %d for vcs device", VCS_MAJOR);
        vc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vc");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 0), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "vcc/0");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 128), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "vcc/a0");
        class_device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "vcs");
        class_device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 128), NULL, "vcsa");
        return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/char/viocons.c b/drivers/char/viocons.c
index 4e5360388748..07f5ce4b28e3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/viocons.c
+++ b/drivers/char/viocons.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,6 @@ static int __init viocons_init2(void)
        viotty_driver = alloc_tty_driver(VTTY_PORTS);
        viotty_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        viotty_driver->driver_name = "vioconsole";
-        viotty_driver->devfs_name = "vcs/";
        viotty_driver->name = "tty";
        viotty_driver->name_base = 1;
        viotty_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/char/viotape.c b/drivers/char/viotape.c
index 11c7e9de5958..198f1505ae23 100644
--- a/drivers/char/viotape.c
+++ b/drivers/char/viotape.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ static struct device *tape_device[VIOTAPE_MAX_TAPE];
 */
 static struct {
        unsigned char   cur_part;
-        int             dev_handle;
        unsigned char   part_stat_rwi[MAX_PARTITIONS];
 } state[VIOTAPE_MAX_TAPE];
@@ -959,12 +957,7 @@ static int viotape_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
                        "iseries!vt%d", i);
        class_device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
                        NULL, "iseries!nvt%d", i);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i), S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                        "iseries/vt%d", i);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "iseries/nvt%d", i);
        sprintf(tapename, "iseries/vt%d", i);
-        state[i].dev_handle = devfs_register_tape(tapename);
        printk(VIOTAPE_KERN_INFO "tape %s is iSeries "
                        "resource %10.10s type %4.4s, model %3.3s\n",
                        tapename, viotape_unitinfo[i].rsrcname,
@@ -976,9 +969,6 @@ static int viotape_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
        int i = vdev->unit_address;
-        devfs_remove("iseries/nvt%d", i);
-        devfs_remove("iseries/vt%d", i);
-        devfs_unregister_tape(state[i].dev_handle);
        class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80));
        class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i));
        return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/char/vme_scc.c b/drivers/char/vme_scc.c
index fd00822ac145..fe99fc1aba45 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vme_scc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vme_scc.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ static int scc_init_drivers(void)
        scc_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        scc_driver->driver_name = "scc";
        scc_driver->name = "ttyS";
-        scc_driver->devfs_name = "tts/";
        scc_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
        scc_driver->minor_start = SCC_MINOR_BASE;
        scc_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 714d95ff2f1e..d6f65032649a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/vt_kern.h>
 #include <linux/selection.h>
 #include <linux/tiocl.h>
@@ -2663,7 +2662,6 @@ int __init vty_init(void)
        if (!console_driver)
                panic("Couldn't allocate console driver\n");
        console_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-        console_driver->devfs_name = "vc/";
        console_driver->name = "tty";
        console_driver->name_base = 1;
        console_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 99fa42402e71..bfafd4846a08 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -3527,8 +3527,6 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
        drive->driver_data = info;
        g->minors = 1;
-        snprintf(g->devfs_name, sizeof(g->devfs_name),
-                        "%s/cd", drive->devfs_name);
        g->driverfs_dev = &drive->gendev;
        g->flags = GENHD_FL_CD | GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
        if (ide_cdrom_setup(drive)) {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index f033d732f387..d0227c39ced1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static void ide_disk_release(struct kref *kref)
        struct gendisk *g = idkp->disk;
        drive->driver_data = NULL;
-        drive->devfs_name[0] = '\0';
        g->private_data = NULL;
        put_disk(g);
        kfree(idkp);
@@ -1222,7 +1221,6 @@ static int ide_disk_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
                drive->attach = 1;
        g->minors = 1 << PARTN_BITS;
-        strcpy(g->devfs_name, drive->devfs_name);
        g->driverfs_dev = &drive->gendev;
        g->flags = drive->removable ? GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE : 0;
        set_capacity(g, idedisk_capacity(drive));
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 4656587aa2f7..68628327c0f5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,6 @@ static int ide_floppy_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
        g->minors = 1 << PARTN_BITS;
        g->driverfs_dev = &drive->gendev;
-        strcpy(g->devfs_name, drive->devfs_name);
        g->flags = drive->removable ? GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE : 0;
        g->fops = &idefloppy_ops;
        drive->attach = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 9ebf8ae2a5e3..0d5038a28560 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/ide.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
@@ -1279,10 +1278,6 @@ static void drive_release_dev (struct device *dev)
        ide_drive_t *drive = container_of(dev, ide_drive_t, gendev);
        spin_lock_irq(&ide_lock);
-        if (drive->devfs_name[0] != '\0') {
-                devfs_remove(drive->devfs_name);
-                drive->devfs_name[0] = '\0';
-        }
        ide_remove_drive_from_hwgroup(drive);
        kfree(drive->id);
        drive->id = NULL;
@@ -1316,12 +1311,6 @@ static void init_gendisk (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
                drive->gendev.bus = &ide_bus_type;
                drive->gendev.driver_data = drive;
                drive->gendev.release = drive_release_dev;
-                if (drive->present) {
-                        sprintf(drive->devfs_name, "ide/host%d/bus%d/target%d/lun%d",
-                                (hwif->channel && hwif->mate) ?
-                                hwif->mate->index : hwif->index,
-                                hwif->channel, unit, drive->lun);
-                }
        }
        blk_register_region(MKDEV(hwif->major, 0), MAX_DRIVES << PARTN_BITS,
                        THIS_MODULE, ata_probe, ata_lock, hwif);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 09f3a7dab28a..4b91101e12b7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -4726,9 +4725,6 @@ static void ide_tape_release(struct kref *kref)
                        MKDEV(IDETAPE_MAJOR, tape->minor));
        class_device_destroy(idetape_sysfs_class,
                        MKDEV(IDETAPE_MAJOR, tape->minor + 128));
-        devfs_remove("%s/mt", drive->devfs_name);
-        devfs_remove("%s/mtn", drive->devfs_name);
-        devfs_unregister_tape(g->number);
        idetape_devs[tape->minor] = NULL;
        g->private_data = NULL;
        put_disk(g);
@@ -4902,14 +4898,6 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
        class_device_create(idetape_sysfs_class, NULL,
                        MKDEV(IDETAPE_MAJOR, minor + 128), &drive->gendev, "n%s", tape->name);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(HWIF(drive)->major, minor),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-                        "%s/mt", drive->devfs_name);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(HWIF(drive)->major, minor + 128),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-                        "%s/mtn", drive->devfs_name);
-        g->number = devfs_register_tape(drive->devfs_name);
        g->fops = &idetape_block_ops;
        ide_register_region(g);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 59fe358048b3..1cdf44205162 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/ide.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/cdrom.h>
@@ -592,13 +591,8 @@ void ide_unregister(unsigned int index)
                goto abort;
        for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit) {
                drive = &hwif->drives[unit];
-                if (!drive->present) {
+                if (!drive->present)
-                        if (drive->devfs_name[0] != '\0') {
-                                devfs_remove(drive->devfs_name);
-                                drive->devfs_name[0] = '\0';
-                        }
                        continue;
-                }
                spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
                device_unregister(&drive->gendev);
                wait_for_completion(&drive->gendev_rel_comp);
@@ -1996,7 +1990,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_bus_type);
 static int __init ide_init(void)
 {
        printk(KERN_INFO "Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver " REVISION "\n");
-        devfs_mk_dir("ide");
        system_bus_speed = ide_system_bus_speed();
        bus_register(&ide_bus_type);
@@ -2074,7 +2067,6 @@ void cleanup_module (void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
        proc_ide_destroy();
 #endif
-        devfs_remove("ide");
        bus_unregister(&ide_bus_type);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c b/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c
index 5a2703b536dc..71a8eea816cb 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
index 2e541fa02024..a518ec531021 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/isdn/capiutil.h>
 #include <linux/isdn/capicmd.h>
 #if defined(CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS) || defined(CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_CAPIFS_MODULE)
@@ -1337,7 +1336,6 @@ static int capinc_tty_init(void)
        drv->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        drv->driver_name = "capi_nc";
-        drv->devfs_name = "capi/";
        drv->name = "capi";
        drv->major = capi_ttymajor;
        drv->minor_start = 0;
@@ -1516,8 +1514,6 @@ static int __init capi_init(void)
        }
        class_device_create(capi_class, NULL, MKDEV(capi_major, 0), NULL, "capi");
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(capi_major, 0), S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                        "isdn/capi20");
 #ifdef CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE
        if (capinc_tty_init() < 0) {
@@ -1552,7 +1548,6 @@ static void __exit capi_exit(void)
        class_device_destroy(capi_class, MKDEV(capi_major, 0));
        class_destroy(capi_class);
        unregister_chrdev(capi_major, "capi20");
-        devfs_remove("isdn/capi20");
 #ifdef CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE
        capinc_tty_exit();
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/bas-gigaset.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/bas-gigaset.c
index 8a45715dd4c1..3845defd4901 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/bas-gigaset.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/bas-gigaset.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(cidmode, "Call-ID mode");
 #define GIGASET_MINORS     1
 #define GIGASET_MINOR      16
 #define GIGASET_MODULENAME "bas_gigaset"
-#define GIGASET_DEVFSNAME  "gig/bas/"
 #define GIGASET_DEVNAME    "ttyGB"
 /* length limit according to Siemens 3070usb-protokoll.doc ch. 2.1 */
@@ -2349,8 +2348,7 @@ static int __init bas_gigaset_init(void)
        /* allocate memory for our driver state and intialize it */
        if ((driver = gigaset_initdriver(GIGASET_MINOR, GIGASET_MINORS,
                                       GIGASET_MODULENAME, GIGASET_DEVNAME,
-                                       GIGASET_DEVFSNAME, &gigops,
+                                       &gigops, THIS_MODULE)) == NULL)
-                                       THIS_MODULE)) == NULL)
                goto error;
        /* allocate memory for our device state and intialize it */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
index 2a56bf33a673..aca165d43aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
@@ -1092,14 +1092,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gigaset_freedriver);
 *      minors          Number of minors this driver can handle
 *      procname        Name of the driver
 *      devname         Name of the device files (prefix without minor number)
- *      devfsname       Devfs name of the device files without %d
 * return value:
 *      Pointer to the gigaset_driver structure on success, NULL on failure.
 */
 struct gigaset_driver *gigaset_initdriver(unsigned minor, unsigned minors,
                                          const char *procname,
                                          const char *devname,
-                                          const char *devfsname,
                                          const struct gigaset_ops *ops,
                                          struct module *owner)
 {
@@ -1139,7 +1137,7 @@ struct gigaset_driver *gigaset_initdriver(unsigned minor, unsigned minors,
                drv->cs[i].minor_index = i;
        }
-        gigaset_if_initdriver(drv, procname, devname, devfsname);
+        gigaset_if_initdriver(drv, procname, devname);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&driver_lock, flags);
        list_add(&drv->list, &drivers);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/gigaset.h b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/gigaset.h
index 8d63d822104f..1ca3bfdef51d 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/gigaset.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/gigaset.h
@@ -769,7 +769,6 @@ void gigaset_block_channels(struct cardstate *cs);
 struct gigaset_driver *gigaset_initdriver(unsigned minor, unsigned minors,
                                          const char *procname,
                                          const char *devname,
-                                          const char *devfsname,
                                          const struct gigaset_ops *ops,
                                          struct module *owner);
@@ -892,7 +891,7 @@ int gigaset_fill_inbuf(struct inbuf_t *inbuf, const unsigned char *src,
 /* initialize interface */
 void gigaset_if_initdriver(struct gigaset_driver *drv, const char *procname,
-                           const char *devname, const char *devfsname);
+                           const char *devname);
 /* release interface */
 void gigaset_if_freedriver(struct gigaset_driver *drv);
 /* add minor */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/interface.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/interface.c
index 74fd234956c8..bd2e4267528e 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/interface.c
@@ -673,10 +673,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gigaset_if_receive);
 *      drv             Driver
 *      procname        Name of the driver (e.g. for /proc/tty/drivers)
 *      devname         Name of the device files (prefix without minor number)
- *      devfsname       Devfs name of the device files without %d
 */
 void gigaset_if_initdriver(struct gigaset_driver *drv, const char *procname,
-                           const char *devname, const char *devfsname)
+                           const char *devname)
 {
        unsigned minors = drv->minors;
        int ret;
@@ -692,7 +691,7 @@ void gigaset_if_initdriver(struct gigaset_driver *drv, const char *procname,
        tty->major =            GIG_MAJOR,
        tty->type =             TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL,
        tty->subtype =          SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL,
-        tty->flags =            TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS,
+        tty->flags =            TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        tty->driver_name =      procname;
        tty->name =             devname;
@@ -700,7 +699,6 @@ void gigaset_if_initdriver(struct gigaset_driver *drv, const char *procname,
        tty->num =              drv->minors;
        tty->owner =            THIS_MODULE;
-        tty->devfs_name =       devfsname;
        tty->init_termios          = tty_std_termios; //FIXME
        tty->init_termios.c_cflag  = B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL; //FIXME
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/usb-gigaset.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/usb-gigaset.c
index d86ab68114b0..6e05d9d4a51a 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/usb-gigaset.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/usb-gigaset.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(cidmode, "Call-ID mode");
 #define GIGASET_MINORS     1
 #define GIGASET_MINOR      8
 #define GIGASET_MODULENAME "usb_gigaset"
-#define GIGASET_DEVFSNAME  "gig/usb/"
 #define GIGASET_DEVNAME    "ttyGU"
 #define IF_WRITEBUF 2000 //FIXME  // WAKEUP_CHARS: 256
@@ -896,8 +895,7 @@ static int __init usb_gigaset_init(void)
        /* allocate memory for our driver state and intialize it */
        if ((driver = gigaset_initdriver(GIGASET_MINOR, GIGASET_MINORS,
                                       GIGASET_MODULENAME, GIGASET_DEVNAME,
-                                       GIGASET_DEVFSNAME, &ops,
+                                       &ops, THIS_MODULE)) == NULL)
-                                       THIS_MODULE)) == NULL)
                goto error;
        /* allocate memory for our device state and intialize it */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divamnt.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divamnt.c
index 6146f7633be5..b163c5909182 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divamnt.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divamnt.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "platform.h"
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ static struct file_operations divas_maint_fops = {
 static void divas_maint_unregister_chrdev(void)
 {
-        devfs_remove(DEVNAME);
        unregister_chrdev(major, DEVNAME);
 }
@@ -190,7 +188,6 @@ static int DIVA_INIT_FUNCTION divas_maint_register_chrdev(void)
                       DRIVERLNAME);
                return (0);
        }
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(major, 0), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, DEVNAME);
        return (1);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasi.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasi.c
index df715b47e2b4..6e7d89a31c1d 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasi.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "platform.h"
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ static struct file_operations divas_idi_fops = {
 static void divas_idi_unregister_chrdev(void)
 {
-        devfs_remove(DEVNAME);
        unregister_chrdev(major, DEVNAME);
 }
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ static int DIVA_INIT_FUNCTION divas_idi_register_chrdev(void)
                       DRIVERLNAME);
                return (0);
        }
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(major, 0), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, DEVNAME);
        return (1);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasmain.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasmain.c
index c9b26e86d183..9dee6a39104c 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasmain.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasmain.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
@@ -678,7 +677,6 @@ static struct file_operations divas_fops = {
 static void divas_unregister_chrdev(void)
 {
-        devfs_remove(DEVNAME);
        unregister_chrdev(major, DEVNAME);
 }
@@ -690,7 +688,6 @@ static int DIVA_INIT_FUNCTION divas_register_chrdev(void)
                       DRIVERLNAME);
                return (0);
        }
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(major, 0), S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, DEVNAME);
        return (1);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
index 433389daedb2..0a53a990c100 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
@@ -1890,14 +1890,13 @@ isdn_tty_modem_init(void)
        if (!m->tty_modem)
                return -ENOMEM;
        m->tty_modem->name = "ttyI";
-        m->tty_modem->devfs_name = "isdn/ttyI";
        m->tty_modem->major = ISDN_TTY_MAJOR;
        m->tty_modem->minor_start = 0;
        m->tty_modem->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
        m->tty_modem->subtype = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL;
        m->tty_modem->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        m->tty_modem->init_termios.c_cflag = B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
-        m->tty_modem->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        m->tty_modem->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        m->tty_modem->driver_name = "isdn_tty";
        tty_set_operations(m->tty_modem, &modem_ops);
        retval = tty_register_driver(m->tty_modem);
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c b/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
index 259fd8973ce9..9f1a049dc226 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
@@ -904,8 +903,6 @@ adbdev_init(void)
                return;
        }
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(ADB_MAJOR, 0), S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "adb");
        adb_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "adb");
        if (IS_ERR(adb_dev_class))
                return;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 3edb3477f987..d13bb15a8a02 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/dm-ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
@@ -68,14 +67,12 @@ static int dm_hash_init(void)
 {
        init_buckets(_name_buckets);
        init_buckets(_uuid_buckets);
-        devfs_mk_dir(DM_DIR);
        return 0;
 }
 static void dm_hash_exit(void)
 {
        dm_hash_remove_all(0);
-        devfs_remove(DM_DIR);
 }
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -172,25 +169,6 @@ static void free_cell(struct hash_cell *hc)
 }
 /*
- * devfs stuff.
- */
-static int register_with_devfs(struct hash_cell *hc)
-{
-        struct gendisk *disk = dm_disk(hc->md);
-        devfs_mk_bdev(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor),
-                      S_IFBLK | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP,
-                      DM_DIR "/%s", hc->name);
-        return 0;
-}
-static int unregister_with_devfs(struct hash_cell *hc)
-{
-        devfs_remove(DM_DIR"/%s", hc->name);
-        return 0;
-}
-/*
 * The kdev_t and uuid of a device can never change once it is
 * initially inserted.
 */
@@ -226,7 +204,6 @@ static int dm_hash_insert(const char *name, const char *uuid, struct mapped_devi
                }
                list_add(&cell->uuid_list, _uuid_buckets + hash_str(uuid));
        }
-        register_with_devfs(cell);
        dm_get(md);
        dm_set_mdptr(md, cell);
        up_write(&_hash_lock);
@@ -246,7 +223,6 @@ static void __hash_remove(struct hash_cell *hc)
        /* remove from the dev hash */
        list_del(&hc->uuid_list);
        list_del(&hc->name_list);
-        unregister_with_devfs(hc);
        dm_set_mdptr(hc->md, NULL);
        table = dm_get_table(hc->md);
@@ -342,16 +318,11 @@ static int dm_hash_rename(const char *old, const char *new)
        /*
         * rename and move the name cell.
         */
-        unregister_with_devfs(hc);
        list_del(&hc->name_list);
        old_name = hc->name;
        hc->name = new_name;
        list_add(&hc->name_list, _name_buckets + hash_str(new_name));
-        /* rename the device node in devfs */
-        register_with_devfs(hc);
        /*
         * Wake up any dm event waiters.
         */
@@ -1501,7 +1472,6 @@ static struct file_operations _ctl_fops = {
 static struct miscdevice _dm_misc = {
        .minor          = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
        .name           = DM_NAME,
-        .devfs_name     = "mapper/control",
        .fops           = &_ctl_fops
 };
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 3ed2e53b9eb6..c99bf9f01759 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void local_exit(void)
        bioset_free(dm_set);
        if (unregister_blkdev(_major, _name) < 0)
-                DMERR("devfs_unregister_blkdev failed");
+                DMERR("unregister_blkdev failed");
        _major = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 306268ec99ff..2ec1b3520a0b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <linux/raid/md.h>
 #include <linux/raid/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for invalidate_bdev */
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
@@ -2911,13 +2910,10 @@ static struct kobject *md_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
        }
        disk->major = MAJOR(dev);
        disk->first_minor = unit << shift;
-        if (partitioned) {
+        if (partitioned)
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "md_d%d", unit);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "md/d%d", unit);
+        else
-        } else {
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "md%d", unit);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "md/%d", unit);
-        }
        disk->fops = &md_fops;
        disk->private_data = mddev;
        disk->queue = mddev->queue;
@@ -5538,8 +5534,6 @@ static void md_geninit(void)
 static int __init md_init(void)
 {
-        int minor;
        printk(KERN_INFO "md: md driver %d.%d.%d MAX_MD_DEVS=%d,"
                        " MD_SB_DISKS=%d\n",
                        MD_MAJOR_VERSION, MD_MINOR_VERSION,
@@ -5553,23 +5547,11 @@ static int __init md_init(void)
                unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR, "md");
                return -1;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("md");
        blk_register_region(MKDEV(MAJOR_NR, 0), MAX_MD_DEVS, THIS_MODULE,
                                md_probe, NULL, NULL);
        blk_register_region(MKDEV(mdp_major, 0), MAX_MD_DEVS<<MdpMinorShift, THIS_MODULE,
                            md_probe, NULL, NULL);
-        for (minor=0; minor < MAX_MD_DEVS; ++minor)
-                devfs_mk_bdev(MKDEV(MAJOR_NR, minor),
-                                S_IFBLK|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
-                                "md/%d", minor);
-        for (minor=0; minor < MAX_MD_DEVS; ++minor)
-                devfs_mk_bdev(MKDEV(mdp_major, minor<<MdpMinorShift),
-                              S_IFBLK|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
-                              "md/mdp%d", minor);
        register_reboot_notifier(&md_notifier);
        raid_table_header = register_sysctl_table(raid_root_table, 1);
@@ -5625,15 +5607,9 @@ static __exit void md_exit(void)
 {
        mddev_t *mddev;
        struct list_head *tmp;
-        int i;
        blk_unregister_region(MKDEV(MAJOR_NR,0), MAX_MD_DEVS);
        blk_unregister_region(MKDEV(mdp_major,0), MAX_MD_DEVS << MdpMinorShift);
-        for (i=0; i < MAX_MD_DEVS; i++)
-                devfs_remove("md/%d", i);
-        for (i=0; i < MAX_MD_DEVS; i++)
-                devfs_remove("md/d%d", i);
-        devfs_remove("md");
        unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR,"md");
        unregister_blkdev(mdp_major, "mdp");
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 134c2bbbeeb5..40774feb8953 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
        mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, nums2minor(adap->num, type, id)),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                        "dvb/adapter%d/%s%d", adap->num, dnames[type], id);
        class_device_create(dvb_class, NULL, MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, nums2minor(adap->num, type, id)),
                            adap->device, "dvb%d.%s%d", adap->num, dnames[type], id);
@@ -252,9 +248,6 @@ void dvb_unregister_device(struct dvb_device *dvbdev)
        if (!dvbdev)
                return;
-        devfs_remove("dvb/adapter%d/%s%d", dvbdev->adapter->num,
-                        dnames[dvbdev->type], dvbdev->id);
        class_device_destroy(dvb_class, MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, nums2minor(dvbdev->adapter->num,
                                        dvbdev->type, dvbdev->id)));
@@ -302,7 +295,6 @@ int dvb_register_adapter(struct dvb_adapter *adap, const char *name, struct modu
        printk ("DVB: registering new adapter (%s).\n", name);
-        devfs_mk_dir("dvb/adapter%d", num);
        adap->num = num;
        adap->name = name;
        adap->module = module;
@@ -319,8 +311,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_register_adapter);
 int dvb_unregister_adapter(struct dvb_adapter *adap)
 {
-        devfs_remove("dvb/adapter%d", adap->num);
        if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdev_register_lock))
                return -ERESTARTSYS;
        list_del (&adap->list_head);
@@ -410,8 +400,6 @@ static int __init init_dvbdev(void)
                goto error;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("dvb");
        dvb_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dvb");
        if (IS_ERR(dvb_class)) {
                retval = PTR_ERR(dvb_class);
@@ -428,7 +416,6 @@ error:
 static void __exit exit_dvbdev(void)
 {
-        devfs_remove("dvb");
        class_destroy(dvb_class);
        cdev_del(&dvb_device_cdev);
        unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, 0), MAX_DVB_MINORS);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.h b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.h
index d7a976d040d7..7a7f75fd168c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #define DVB_MAJOR 212
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h
index 3e2e12124bae..9c79696da08a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS_FS
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
-#endif
 #include <linux/dvb/video.h>
 #include <linux/dvb/audio.h>
 #include <linux/dvb/dmx.h>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
index 14559ef6153c..336b2fe1a5f2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ struct ttusb {
        int revision;
-#if 0
-        devfs_handle_t stc_devfs_handle;
-#endif
        struct dvb_frontend* fe;
 };
@@ -1746,13 +1742,6 @@ static int ttusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *i
                return -ENODEV;
        }
-#if 0
-        ttusb->stc_devfs_handle =
-            devfs_register(ttusb->adapter->devfs_handle, TTUSB_BUDGET_NAME,
-                           DEVFS_FL_DEFAULT, 0, 192,
-                           S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP
-                           | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH, &stc_fops, ttusb);
-#endif
        usb_set_intfdata(intf, (void *) ttusb);
        frontend_init(ttusb);
diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/miropcm20-rds.c b/drivers/media/radio/miropcm20-rds.c
index 87b37b7691da..c1b1db65e668 100644
--- a/drivers/media/radio/miropcm20-rds.c
+++ b/drivers/media/radio/miropcm20-rds.c
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ static struct file_operations rds_fops = {
 static struct miscdevice rds_miscdev = {
        .minor          = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
        .name           = "radiotext",
-        .devfs_name     = "v4l/rds/radiotext",
        .fops           = &rds_fops,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/arv.c b/drivers/media/video/arv.c
index 6e08e32346eb..ae14f5f32039 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/arv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/arv.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
index 2dfa7f23d0ca..b26ebaff226f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -1563,10 +1562,6 @@ int video_register_device(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr)
        video_device[i]=vfd;
        vfd->minor=i;
        mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
-        sprintf(vfd->devfs_name, "v4l/%s%d", name_base, i - base);
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VIDEO_MAJOR, vfd->minor),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, vfd->devfs_name);
        mutex_init(&vfd->lock);
        /* sysfs class */
@@ -1575,7 +1570,7 @@ int video_register_device(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr)
                vfd->class_dev.dev = vfd->dev;
        vfd->class_dev.class       = &video_class;
        vfd->class_dev.devt        = MKDEV(VIDEO_MAJOR, vfd->minor);
-        strlcpy(vfd->class_dev.class_id, vfd->devfs_name + 4, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+        sprintf(vfd->class_dev.class_id, "%s%d", name_base, i - base);
        class_device_register(&vfd->class_dev);
        class_device_create_file(&vfd->class_dev,
                                &class_device_attr_name);
@@ -1604,7 +1599,6 @@ void video_unregister_device(struct video_device *vfd)
        if(video_device[vfd->minor]!=vfd)
                panic("videodev: bad unregister");
-        devfs_remove(vfd->devfs_name);
        video_device[vfd->minor]=NULL;
        class_device_unregister(&vfd->class_dev);
        mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index 7d4c5497785b..1ddc2fb429d5 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,6 @@ static int i2o_block_probe(struct device *dev)
        gd = i2o_blk_dev->gd;
        gd->first_minor = unit << 4;
        sprintf(gd->disk_name, "i2o/hd%c", 'a' + unit);
-        sprintf(gd->devfs_name, "i2o/hd%c", 'a' + unit);
        gd->driverfs_dev = &i2o_dev->device;
        /* setup request queue */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c
index 587458b370b9..115cc21094b9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/card.h>
@@ -409,7 +408,6 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc(struct mmc_card *card)
         */
        sprintf(md->disk->disk_name, "mmcblk%d", devidx);
-        sprintf(md->disk->devfs_name, "mmc/blk%d", devidx);
        blk_queue_hardsect_size(md->queue.queue, 1 << md->block_bits);
@@ -555,7 +553,6 @@ static int __init mmc_blk_init(void)
        if (major == 0)
                major = res;
-        devfs_mk_dir("mmc");
        return mmc_register_driver(&mmc_driver);
 out:
@@ -565,7 +562,6 @@ static int __init mmc_blk_init(void)
 static void __exit mmc_blk_exit(void)
 {
        mmc_unregister_driver(&mmc_driver);
-        devfs_remove("mmc");
        unregister_blkdev(major, "mmc");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index d643a097faa5..425ff5b117f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/ppp_defs.h>
@@ -863,10 +862,6 @@ static int __init ppp_init(void)
                        goto out_chrdev;
                }
                class_device_create(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "ppp");
-                err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0),
-                                S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "ppp");
-                if (err)
-                        goto out_class;
        }
 out:
@@ -874,9 +869,6 @@ out:
                printk(KERN_ERR "failed to register PPP device (%d)\n", err);
        return err;
-out_class:
-        class_device_destroy(ppp_class, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR,0));
-        class_destroy(ppp_class);
 out_chrdev:
        unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp");
        goto out;
@@ -2681,7 +2673,6 @@ static void __exit ppp_cleanup(void)
        cardmap_destroy(&all_ppp_units);
        if (unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp") != 0)
                printk(KERN_ERR "PPP: failed to unregister PPP device\n");
-        devfs_remove("ppp");
        class_device_destroy(ppp_class, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0));
        class_destroy(ppp_class);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 6c62d5c88268..732c5edec2e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ static struct miscdevice tun_miscdev = {
        .minor = TUN_MINOR,
        .name = "tun",
        .fops = &tun_fops,
-        .devfs_name = "net/tun",
 };
 /* ethtool interface */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
index e392ee8b37a1..be5e33814cb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -393,7 +392,6 @@ static int __init cosa_init(void)
                err = -ENODEV;
                goto out;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("cosa");
        cosa_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cosa");
        if (IS_ERR(cosa_class)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(cosa_class);
@@ -402,13 +400,6 @@ static int __init cosa_init(void)
        for (i=0; i<nr_cards; i++) {
                class_device_create(cosa_class, NULL, MKDEV(cosa_major, i),
                                NULL, "cosa%d", i);
-                err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(cosa_major, i),
-                                S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
-                                "cosa/%d", i);
-                if (err) {
-                        class_device_destroy(cosa_class, MKDEV(cosa_major, i));
-                        goto out_chrdev;                
-                }
        }
        err = 0;
        goto out;
@@ -426,12 +417,9 @@ static void __exit cosa_exit(void)
        int i;
        printk(KERN_INFO "Unloading the cosa module\n");
-        for (i=0; i<nr_cards; i++) {
+        for (i=0; i<nr_cards; i++)
                class_device_destroy(cosa_class, MKDEV(cosa_major, i));
-                devfs_remove("cosa/%d", i);
-        }
        class_destroy(cosa_class);
-        devfs_remove("cosa");
        for (cosa=cosa_cards; nr_cards--; cosa++) {
                /* Clean up the per-channel data */
                for (i=0; i<cosa->nchannels; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index bafcd2f20ae2..2dc179b14ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -1834,7 +1834,6 @@ dasd_exit(void)
        }
        dasd_gendisk_exit();
        dasd_devmap_exit();
-        devfs_remove("dasd");
        if (dasd_debug_area != NULL) {
                debug_unregister(dasd_debug_area);
                dasd_debug_area = NULL;
@@ -2107,9 +2106,6 @@ dasd_init(void)
        dasd_diag_discipline_pointer = NULL;
-        rc = devfs_mk_dir("dasd");
-        if (rc)
-                goto failed;
        rc = dasd_devmap_init();
        if (rc)
                goto failed;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c
index fce2835e7d19..61ffde718a7a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ dasd_gendisk_alloc(struct dasd_device *device)
        }
        len += sprintf(gdp->disk_name + len, "%c", 'a'+(device->devindex%26));
-        sprintf(gdp->devfs_name, "dasd/%s", device->cdev->dev.bus_id);
        if (device->features & DASD_FEATURE_READONLY)
                set_disk_ro(gdp, 1);
        gdp->private_data = device;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
index 03a83efc34c4..3ccf06d28ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
index 54ecd548c318..4c1e56b9b98d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>  /* HDIO_GETGEO */
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #define XPRAM_NAME      "xpram"
@@ -439,8 +438,6 @@ static int __init xpram_setup_blkdev(void)
        if (rc < 0)
                goto out;
-        devfs_mk_dir("slram");
        /*
         * Assign the other needed values: make request function, sizes and
         * hardsect size. All the minor devices feature the same value.
@@ -469,14 +466,12 @@ static int __init xpram_setup_blkdev(void)
                disk->private_data = &xpram_devices[i];
                disk->queue = xpram_queue;
                sprintf(disk->disk_name, "slram%d", i);
-                sprintf(disk->devfs_name, "slram/%d", i);
                set_capacity(disk, xpram_sizes[i] << 1);
                add_disk(disk);
        }
        return 0;
 out_unreg:
-        devfs_remove("slram");
        unregister_blkdev(XPRAM_MAJOR, XPRAM_NAME);
 out:
        while (i--)
@@ -495,7 +490,6 @@ static void __exit xpram_exit(void)
                put_disk(xpram_disks[i]);
        }
        unregister_blkdev(XPRAM_MAJOR, XPRAM_NAME);
-        devfs_remove("slram");
        blk_cleanup_queue(xpram_queue);
        sysdev_unregister(&xpram_sys_device);
        sysdev_class_unregister(&xpram_sysclass);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c b/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c
index fb7bc9e5eebc..a138b1510093 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ static struct file_operations mon_fops = {
 static struct miscdevice mon_dev = {
        .name       = "monreader",
-        .devfs_name = "monreader",
        .fops       = &mon_fops,
        .minor      = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
index 9a141776873f..7d26a3e4cb80 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
@@ -1785,7 +1785,6 @@ tty3270_init(void)
         * proc_entry, set_termios, flush_buffer, set_ldisc, write_proc
         */
        driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-        driver->devfs_name = "ttyTUB/";
        driver->driver_name = "ttyTUB";
        driver->name = "ttyTUB";
        driver->major = IBM_TTY3270_MAJOR;
@@ -1793,7 +1792,7 @@ tty3270_init(void)
        driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SYSTEM;
        driver->subtype = SYSTEM_TYPE_TTY;
        driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
-        driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        tty_set_operations(driver, &tty3270_ops);
        ret = tty_register_driver(driver);
        if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/z90main.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/z90main.c
index 982acc7303ea..b2f20ab8431a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/z90main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/z90main.c
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ static struct miscdevice z90crypt_misc_device = {
        .minor      = Z90CRYPT_MINOR,
        .name       = DEV_NAME,
        .fops       = &z90crypt_fops,
-        .devfs_name = DEV_NAME
 };
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/bpp.c b/drivers/sbus/char/bpp.c
index ccb20a6f5f36..385f4f768311 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/bpp.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/bpp.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -1031,11 +1030,6 @@ static int __init bpp_init(void)
                instances[idx].opened = 0;
                probeLptPort(idx);
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("bpp");
-        for (idx = 0; idx < BPP_NO; idx++) {
-                devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(BPP_MAJOR, idx),
-                                S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "bpp/%d", idx);
-        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1044,9 +1038,6 @@ static void __exit bpp_cleanup(void)
 {
        unsigned idx;
-        for (idx = 0; idx < BPP_NO; idx++)
-                devfs_remove("bpp/%d", idx);
-        devfs_remove("bpp");
        unregister_chrdev(BPP_MAJOR, dev_name);
        for (idx = 0;  idx < BPP_NO; idx++) {
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc.h b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc.h
index 8045cd5e7cb3..63941a259b92 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc.h
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VFC_H_
 #define _LINUX_VFC_H_
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 /*
 * The control register for the vfc is at offset 0x4000
 * The first field ram bank is located at offset 0x5000
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
index ddcd330b9e89..55b2b31bd7ab 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ int init_vfc_device(struct sbus_dev *sdev,struct vfc_dev *dev, int instance)
                return -EINVAL;
        if (init_vfc_hw(dev))
                return -EIO;
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VFC_MAJOR, instance),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-                        "vfc/%d", instance);
        return 0;
 }
@@ -677,7 +673,6 @@ static int vfc_probe(void)
                kfree(vfc_dev_lst);
                return -EIO;
        }
-        devfs_mk_dir("vfc");
        instance = 0;
        for_all_sbusdev(sdev, sbus) {
                if (strcmp(sdev->prom_name, "vfc") == 0) {
@@ -717,7 +712,6 @@ static void deinit_vfc_device(struct vfc_dev *dev)
 {
        if(dev == NULL)
                return;
-        devfs_remove("vfc/%d", dev->instance);
        sbus_iounmap(dev->regs, sizeof(struct vfc_regs));
        kfree(dev);
 }
@@ -731,7 +725,6 @@ void cleanup_module(void)
        for (devp = vfc_dev_lst; *devp; devp++)
                deinit_vfc_device(*devp);
-        devfs_remove("vfc");
        kfree(vfc_dev_lst);
        return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/serial/21285.c b/drivers/serial/21285.c
index 7572665a8855..9fd0de4b7afd 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/21285.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/21285.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ static struct uart_driver serial21285_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "ttyFB",
        .dev_name               = "ttyFB",
-        .devfs_name             = "ttyFB",
        .major                  = SERIAL_21285_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = SERIAL_21285_MINOR,
        .nr                     = 1,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index bbf78aaf9e01..f361b356bd1d 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,6 @@ int __init serial8250_start_console(struct uart_port *port, char *options)
 static struct uart_driver serial8250_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "serial",
-        .devfs_name             = "tts/",
        .dev_name               = "ttyS",
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c b/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c
index db5b25fafed4..df9500bdaded 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c
@@ -863,7 +863,6 @@ static struct uart_driver at91_uart = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "at91_serial",
        .dev_name               = AT91_DEVICENAME,
-        .devfs_name             = AT91_DEVICENAME,
        .major                  = SERIAL_AT91_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = MINOR_START,
        .nr                     = AT91_NR_UART,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/crisv10.c b/drivers/serial/crisv10.c
index 5cacc5e74a92..b84137cdeb2b 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/crisv10.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/crisv10.c
@@ -4878,7 +4878,7 @@ rs_init(void)
        driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        driver->init_termios.c_cflag =
                B115200 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL; /* is normally B9600 default... */
-        driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        driver->termios = serial_termios;
        driver->termios_locked = serial_termios_locked;
diff --git a/drivers/serial/dz.c b/drivers/serial/dz.c
index bf71bad5c34f..466d06cc7d37 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/dz.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/dz.c
@@ -768,11 +768,7 @@ void __init dz_serial_console_init(void)
 static struct uart_driver dz_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "serial",
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS
-        .dev_name               = "tts/%d",
-#else
        .dev_name               = "ttyS%d",
-#endif
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = 64,
        .nr                     = DZ_NB_PORT,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/imx.c b/drivers/serial/imx.c
index d202eb4f3848..da85bafa0942 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/imx.c
@@ -888,7 +888,6 @@ static struct uart_driver imx_reg = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    = DRIVER_NAME,
        .dev_name       = "ttySMX",
-        .devfs_name     = "ttsmx/",
        .major          = SERIAL_IMX_MAJOR,
        .minor          = MINOR_START,
        .nr             = ARRAY_SIZE(imx_ports),
diff --git a/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c b/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
index 651772474ac1..56b093ecd779 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ static struct console ip22zilog_console = {
 static struct uart_driver ip22zilog_reg = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    = "serial",
-        .devfs_name     = "tts/",
        .dev_name       = "ttyS",
        .major          = TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor          = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c b/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c
index 321a40f33b50..6a2a25d9b596 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,6 @@ console_initcall(m32r_sio_console_init);
 static struct uart_driver m32r_sio_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "sio",
-        .devfs_name             = "tts/",
        .dev_name               = "ttyS",
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
index 8ad242934368..29c0630e3e64 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
@@ -1713,7 +1713,6 @@ mcfrs_init(void)
        /* Initialize the tty_driver structure */
        mcfrs_serial_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        mcfrs_serial_driver->name = "ttyS";
-        mcfrs_serial_driver->devfs_name = "ttys/";
        mcfrs_serial_driver->driver_name = "serial";
        mcfrs_serial_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
        mcfrs_serial_driver->minor_start = 64;
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
index 6459edc7f5c5..1aa34844218c 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
@@ -693,7 +693,6 @@ static struct uart_driver mpc52xx_uart_driver = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    = "mpc52xx_psc_uart",
        .dev_name       = "ttyPSC",
-        .devfs_name     = "ttyPSC",
        .major          = SERIAL_PSC_MAJOR,
        .minor          = SERIAL_PSC_MINOR,
        .nr             = MPC52xx_PSC_MAXNUM,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
index 94681922ea0a..1cd102f84bfa 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ struct mpsc_port_info *mpsc_device_remove(int index);
 #define MPSC_MAJOR              204
 #define MPSC_MINOR_START        44
 #define MPSC_DRIVER_NAME        "MPSC"
-#define MPSC_DEVFS_NAME         "ttymm/"
 #define MPSC_DEV_NAME           "ttyMM"
 #define MPSC_VERSION            "1.00"
@@ -1863,7 +1862,6 @@ static struct platform_driver mpsc_shared_driver = {
 static struct uart_driver mpsc_reg = {
        .owner       = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name = MPSC_DRIVER_NAME,
-        .devfs_name  = MPSC_DEVFS_NAME,
        .dev_name    = MPSC_DEV_NAME,
        .major       = MPSC_MAJOR,
        .minor       = MPSC_MINOR_START,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c b/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c
index 513ff8597707..e3ba7e17a240 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmz_irq_mutex);
 static struct uart_driver pmz_uart_reg = {
        .owner          =       THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    =       "ttyS",
-        .devfs_name     =       "tts/",
        .dev_name       =       "ttyS",
        .major          =       TTY_MAJOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pxa.c b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
index ae3649568541..0fa0ccc9ed27 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ static struct uart_pxa_port serial_pxa_ports[] = {
 static struct uart_driver serial_pxa_reg = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    = "PXA serial",
-        .devfs_name     = "tts/",
        .dev_name       = "ttyS",
        .major          = TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor          = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
index 837b6da520b3..4c62ab949ecc 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ s3c24xx_serial_dbg(const char *fmt, ...)
 /* UART name and device definitions */
 #define S3C24XX_SERIAL_NAME     "ttySAC"
-#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_DEVFS    "tts/"
 #define S3C24XX_SERIAL_MAJOR    204
 #define S3C24XX_SERIAL_MINOR    64
@@ -952,7 +951,6 @@ static struct uart_driver s3c24xx_uart_drv = {
        .nr             = 3,
        .cons           = S3C24XX_SERIAL_CONSOLE,
        .driver_name    = S3C24XX_SERIAL_NAME,
-        .devfs_name     = S3C24XX_SERIAL_DEVFS,
        .major          = S3C24XX_SERIAL_MAJOR,
        .minor          = S3C24XX_SERIAL_MINOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
index c2d9068b491d..8bbd8567669c 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
@@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ static struct uart_driver sa1100_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "ttySA",
        .dev_name               = "ttySA",
-        .devfs_name             = "ttySA",
        .major                  = SERIAL_SA1100_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = MINOR_START,
        .nr                     = NR_PORTS,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
index 17839e753e4c..7dc1e67b6851 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -2153,7 +2153,6 @@ int uart_register_driver(struct uart_driver *drv)
        normal->owner           = drv->owner;
        normal->driver_name     = drv->driver_name;
-        normal->devfs_name      = drv->devfs_name;
        normal->name            = drv->dev_name;
        normal->major           = drv->major;
        normal->minor_start     = drv->minor;
@@ -2161,7 +2160,7 @@ int uart_register_driver(struct uart_driver *drv)
        normal->subtype         = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL;
        normal->init_termios    = tty_std_termios;
        normal->init_termios.c_cflag = B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
-        normal->flags           = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        normal->flags           = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        normal->driver_state    = drv;
        tty_set_operations(normal, &uart_ops);
@@ -2312,7 +2311,7 @@ int uart_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port)
        mutex_unlock(&state->mutex);
        /*
-         * Remove the devices from devfs
+         * Remove the devices from the tty layer
         */
        tty_unregister_device(drv->tty_driver, port->line);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c b/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
index 3bdee64d1a99..a901a7e446f3 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
@@ -69,12 +69,10 @@ static char *serial_name = "TX39/49 Serial driver";
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_TXX9_STDSERIAL)
 /* "ttyS" is used for standard serial driver */
 #define TXX9_TTY_NAME "ttyTX"
-#define TXX9_TTY_DEVFS_NAME "tttx/"
 #define TXX9_TTY_MINOR_START    (64 + 64)       /* ttyTX0(128), ttyTX1(129) */
 #else
 /* acts like standard serial driver */
 #define TXX9_TTY_NAME "ttyS"
-#define TXX9_TTY_DEVFS_NAME "tts/"
 #define TXX9_TTY_MINOR_START    64
 #endif
 #define TXX9_TTY_MAJOR  TTY_MAJOR
@@ -971,7 +969,6 @@ console_initcall(serial_txx9_console_init);
 static struct uart_driver serial_txx9_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "serial_txx9",
-        .devfs_name             = TXX9_TTY_DEVFS_NAME,
        .dev_name               = TXX9_TTY_NAME,
        .major                  = TXX9_TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = TXX9_TTY_MINOR_START,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
index 44f6bf79bbe1..d97f3ca6cc29 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1699,9 +1699,6 @@ static char banner[] __initdata =
 static struct uart_driver sci_uart_driver = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    = "sci",
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS_FS
-        .devfs_name     = "ttsc/",
-#endif
        .dev_name       = "ttySC",
        .major          = SCI_MAJOR,
        .minor          = SCI_MINOR_START,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
index ba22e256c6f7..d36bc4003399 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ static struct uart_ops sunhv_pops = {
 static struct uart_driver sunhv_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "serial",
-        .devfs_name             = "tts/",
        .dev_name               = "ttyS",
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
index e4c0fd2d6a9d..7da02d11c364 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ static struct uart_ops sunsab_pops = {
 static struct uart_driver sunsab_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "serial",
-        .devfs_name             = "tts/",
        .dev_name               = "ttyS",
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
index 0268b307c01e..6e28c25138cf 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,6 @@ out:
 static struct uart_driver sunsu_reg = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "serial",
-        .devfs_name             = "tts/",
        .dev_name               = "ttyS",
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
index 76c9bac9271f..9f42677287ad 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,6 @@ static int zilog_irq = -1;
 static struct uart_driver sunzilog_reg = {
        .owner          =       THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    =       "ttyS",
-        .devfs_name     =       "tts/",
        .dev_name       =       "ttyS",
        .major          =       TTY_MAJOR,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c b/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c
index df705fda4243..a0da2aaf71c4 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ static struct uart_ops v850e_uart_ops = {
 static struct uart_driver v850e_uart_driver = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name            = "v850e_uart",
-        .devfs_name             = "tts/",
        .dev_name               = "ttyS",
        .major                  = TTY_MAJOR,
        .minor                  = V850E_UART_MINOR_BASE,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
index df5e8713fa31..017571ffa19c 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
@@ -911,7 +911,6 @@ static struct uart_driver siu_uart_driver = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .driver_name    = "SIU",
        .dev_name       = "ttyVR",
-        .devfs_name     = "ttvr/",
        .major          = SIU_MAJOR,
        .minor          = SIU_MINOR_BASE,
        .cons           = SERIAL_VR41XX_CONSOLE,
diff --git a/drivers/tc/zs.c b/drivers/tc/zs.c
index 2dffa8e303b2..7f27b356eaf7 100644
--- a/drivers/tc/zs.c
+++ b/drivers/tc/zs.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,6 @@ int __init zs_init(void)
        /* Not all of this is exactly right for us. */
        serial_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-        serial_driver->devfs_name = "tts/";
        serial_driver->name = "ttyS";
        serial_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
        serial_driver->minor_start = 64;
@@ -1754,7 +1753,7 @@ int __init zs_init(void)
        serial_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        serial_driver->init_termios.c_cflag =
                B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
-        serial_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        serial_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        tty_set_operations(serial_driver, &serial_ops);
        if (tty_register_driver(serial_driver))
diff --git a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c b/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
index e166fffea86b..e41f49afd0f4 100644
--- a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
+++ b/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/sem.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #define PHONE_NUM_DEVICES       256
@@ -106,8 +105,6 @@ int phone_register_device(struct phone_device *p, int unit)
                if (phone_device[i] == NULL) {
                        phone_device[i] = p;
                        p->minor = i;
-                        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(PHONE_MAJOR,i),
-                                S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "phone/%d", i);
                        mutex_unlock(&phone_lock);
                        return 0;
                }
@@ -125,7 +122,6 @@ void phone_unregister_device(struct phone_device *pfd)
        mutex_lock(&phone_lock);
        if (phone_device[pfd->minor] != pfd)
                panic("phone: bad unregister");
-        devfs_remove("phone/%d", pfd->minor);
        phone_device[pfd->minor] = NULL;
        mutex_unlock(&phone_lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index d41dc67ba4cc..3670d77e912c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -1145,12 +1145,11 @@ static int __init acm_init(void)
        acm_tty_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE,
        acm_tty_driver->driver_name = "acm",
        acm_tty_driver->name = "ttyACM",
-        acm_tty_driver->devfs_name = "usb/acm/",
        acm_tty_driver->major = ACM_TTY_MAJOR,
        acm_tty_driver->minor_start = 0,
        acm_tty_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL,
        acm_tty_driver->subtype = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL,
-        acm_tty_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS,
+        acm_tty_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        acm_tty_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        acm_tty_driver->init_termios.c_cflag = B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
        tty_set_operations(acm_tty_driver, &acm_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c
index 9d6e1d295528..416acac879df 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c
@@ -588,12 +588,11 @@ static int __init gs_module_init(void)
        gs_tty_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        gs_tty_driver->driver_name = GS_SHORT_NAME;
        gs_tty_driver->name = "ttygs";
-        gs_tty_driver->devfs_name = "usb/ttygs/";
        gs_tty_driver->major = GS_MAJOR;
        gs_tty_driver->minor_start = GS_MINOR_START;
        gs_tty_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
        gs_tty_driver->subtype = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL;
-        gs_tty_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        gs_tty_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        gs_tty_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        gs_tty_driver->init_termios.c_cflag = B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
        tty_set_operations(gs_tty_driver, &gs_tty_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index a30135c7cfe6..f466f89eeb6d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1059,13 +1059,12 @@ static int __init usb_serial_init(void)
        usb_serial_tty_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
        usb_serial_tty_driver->driver_name = "usbserial";
-        usb_serial_tty_driver->devfs_name = "usb/tts/";
        usb_serial_tty_driver->name =   "ttyUSB";
        usb_serial_tty_driver->major = SERIAL_TTY_MAJOR;
        usb_serial_tty_driver->minor_start = 0;
        usb_serial_tty_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_SERIAL;
        usb_serial_tty_driver->subtype = SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL;
-        usb_serial_tty_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS;
+        usb_serial_tty_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
        usb_serial_tty_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
        usb_serial_tty_driver->init_termios.c_cflag = B9600 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
        tty_set_operations(usb_serial_tty_driver, &serial_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 31143afe7c95..a171daab0ad0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #endif
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/efi.h>
@@ -1331,8 +1330,6 @@ register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
        fb_add_videomode(&mode, &fb_info->modelist);
        registered_fb[i] = fb_info;
-        devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i),
-                        S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO, "fb/%d", i);
        event.info = fb_info;
        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&fb_notifier_list,
                            FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
@@ -1359,7 +1356,6 @@ unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
        i = fb_info->node;
        if (!registered_fb[i])
                return -EINVAL;
-        devfs_remove("fb/%d", i);
        if (fb_info->pixmap.addr &&
            (fb_info->pixmap.flags & FB_PIXMAP_DEFAULT))
@@ -1432,7 +1428,6 @@ fbmem_init(void)
 {
        create_proc_read_entry("fb", 0, NULL, fbmem_read_proc, NULL);
-        devfs_mk_dir("fb");
        if (register_chrdev(FB_MAJOR,"fb",&fb_fops))
                printk("unable to get major %d for fb devs\n", FB_MAJOR);