diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index b02f476..48827207 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@
 --------------------
 
 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
-accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc)
-character device.  If you are not using devfs you may need to:
+accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
+udev you may need to:
 
 mkdir /dev/cpu
 mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@
 udev
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
-only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs.
+only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+devices.
 
 FUSE
 ----
@@ -231,18 +233,13 @@
 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
 
-If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
+If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
 which can be made by:
 
 mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
 
 as root.
 
-If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need
-the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file:
-
-LOOKUP	PPP	MODLOAD
-
 Isdn4k-utils
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 3630a0d..1ae4dc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -348,11 +348,6 @@
      </sect1>
   </chapter>
 
-  <chapter id="devfs">
-     <title>The Device File System</title>
-!Efs/devfs/base.c
-  </chapter>
-
   <chapter id="sysfs">
      <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
 !Efs/sysfs/file.c
diff --git a/Documentation/README.DAC960 b/Documentation/README.DAC960
index 98ea617..0e8f618 100644
--- a/Documentation/README.DAC960
+++ b/Documentation/README.DAC960
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
 terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on
 the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group".
 
-DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the Device File System
-(DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C is
-referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
+DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File
+System (DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C
+is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
 through /dev/rd/cCdDp7.  For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on
 Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3.  Note that unlike with SCSI
 disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure.
diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt
index 7de1c80..b1b6440 100644
--- a/Documentation/initrd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
     as the last process has closed it, all data is freed and /dev/initrd
     can't be opened anymore.
 
-  root=/dev/ram0   (without devfs)
-  root=/dev/rd/0   (with devfs)
+  root=/dev/ram0
 
     initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed,
     with the RAM disk still mounted as root.
@@ -90,8 +89,7 @@
 procedure should create the /initrd directory.
 
 If initrd will not be mounted in some cases, its content is still
-accessible if the following device has been created (note that this
-does not work if using devfs):
+accessible if the following device has been created:
 
 # mknod /dev/initrd b 1 250 
 # chmod 400 /dev/initrd
@@ -119,8 +117,7 @@
     (if space is critical, you may want to use the Minix FS instead of Ext2)
  3) mount the file system, e.g.
     # mount -t ext2 -o loop initrd /mnt
- 4) create the console device (not necessary if using devfs, but it can't
-    hurt to do it anyway):
+ 4) create the console device:
     # mkdir /mnt/dev
     # mknod /mnt/dev/console c 5 1
  5) copy all the files that are needed to properly use the initrd
@@ -152,12 +149,7 @@
 
   root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw
 
-if not using devfs, or
-
-  root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc rw
-
-if using devfs. (rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file
-system.)
+(rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file system.)
 
 With LOADLIN, you simply execute
 
@@ -217,9 +209,9 @@
 # exec chroot . what-follows <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1
 
 Where what-follows is a program under the new root, e.g. /sbin/init
-If the new root file system will be used with devfs and has no valid
-/dev directory, devfs must be mounted before invoking chroot in order to
-provide /dev/console.
+If the new root file system will be used with udev and has no valid
+/dev directory, udev must be initialized before invoking chroot in order
+to provide /dev/console.
 
 Note: implementation details of pivot_root may change with time. In order
 to ensure compatibility, the following points should be observed:
@@ -236,7 +228,7 @@
 disk can be freed:
 
 # umount /initrd
-# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0    # /dev/rd/0 if using devfs
+# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0
 
 It is also possible to use initrd with an NFS-mounted root, see the
 pivot_root(8) man page for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
index 1543802..edc04d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
 'c'	00-7F	linux/comstats.h	conflict!
 'c'	00-7F	linux/coda.h		conflict!
 'd'	00-FF	linux/char/drm/drm/h	conflict!
-'d'	00-1F	linux/devfs_fs.h	conflict!
 'd'	00-DF	linux/video_decoder.h	conflict!
 'd'	F0-FF	linux/digi1.h
 'e'	all	linux/digi1.h		conflict!
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2e352a6..bf5d2cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 	APM	Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
 	AX25	Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
 	CD	Appropriate CD support is enabled.
-	DEVFS	devfs support is enabled.
 	DRM	Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
 	EDD	BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
 	EFI	EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
@@ -440,9 +439,6 @@
 			Format: <area>[,<node>]
 			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
 
-	devfs=		[DEVFS]
-			See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options.
-
 	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
 			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/viodasd.c b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
index 5cc7e67..ec5a1b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/viodasd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
  * 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"
 
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index f655970..54ca931 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"
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 3ed2e53..c99bf9f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 	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/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
index 14559ef..336b2fe 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 @@
 
 	int revision;
 
-#if 0
-	devfs_handle_t stc_devfs_handle;
-#endif
-
 	struct dvb_frontend* fe;
 };
 
@@ -1746,13 +1742,6 @@
 		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);