Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:32:46 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] MAINTAINERS: remove LAN media entry |
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On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 05:25:23PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 04:51:47PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:57:11AM +0100, Daniel Egger wrote: > > > On Feb 27, 2004, at 9:54 pm, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > > >IOW: > > > >The entry from MAINTAINER can be removed? > > > > > > This one for sure. The same is probably sensible for the > > > drivers, too. It's just too confusing to not several > > > versions of the driver floating around which need different > > > tools. And since the manufacturer propagates their own > > > version, the linux one should go... > > >... > > > > > > It's a question whether removing drivers from a stable kernel series is > > a good idea, but the following is definitely correct: > > Why do you remove it completely, instead of just marking it unmaintained, > and remove the address information? > They when searching you know the you have found the right entry, but > unfortunately it is unmaintained.
In 2.6.4-rc1-mm2, there's exactly one entry marked "Unmaintained" (PCMCIA SUBSYSTEM) and there are very few marked "Orphan".
I don't have a strong opinion on this, but my impresion was that usually unmaintained device drivers are not listed in MAINTAINERS.
> Sam
cu Adrian
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