Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:40:40 -0200 | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.4.28-pre4-bk6] delkin_cb: new driver for Cardbus IDE CF adaptor |
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:42:18PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:24:51 -0400, Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote: > > Okay, patch withdrawn. > > > > I'll just apply it to my own kernels for my own use. > > Just port it to 2.6.x... > > > Whatever happended to the days when Linux *wanted* more > > drivers and such? > > New drivers are still welcomed... but days of applying > new drivers without any complaints are long gone... ;-) > > Now speaking seriously: > * 2.4.x is deprecated (sorry, Marcelo ;)
Buaaaahhh...
Hehe.
People still use 2.4 because they are not prepared (for whatever reason) to or do not want a v2.6 upgrade, but yes, I agree it is deprecated.
> * this driver shouldn't require much work to port it to 2.6.x
As I said before in my opinion drivers in new v2.4.x releases for new devices are OK as long as they meet a decent coding and quality standard and are well tested. And, very importantly, benefit a substantial amount of users.
Having the driver in v2.6 first is pretty much required. It has the chance of being put under test, as well as passing Linus/Andrew "level of acceptance", plus reviewing from other people which is always good.
Mark, v2.4.28 is approaching -rc stage (-rc1 should be out tomorrow), we can include the driver during v2.4.29-pre.
In the meantime you can port it to v2.6 ?
> * ide_unregister() is disallowed, unless IDE locking is fixed
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