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SubjectRe: [RFC] removal of legacy cdrom drivers (Re: [PATCH] mcdx.c insanity removal)
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 02:16:29AM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
>...
> How about removing all that stuff instead of keeping the known broken shit
> in the tree? If somebody wants it back, they can always pick the versions
> circa 2.6.0 from archives.
>
> If you are OK with that (and nobody on l-k stands up and claims that they want
> it alive and *claims* *that* *right* *fucking* *NOW*) I'll send you a patch
> putting these buggers out of their misery.

What about marking them as BROKEN in Kconfig and wait how many people
scream they are still successfully using such drives in 2.6?

cu
Adrian

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