Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:45:18 +0200 (MEST) | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] schedule ftape removal |
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On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:05:28 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > index 9364f47..57e72e6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > @@ -325,3 +325,11 @@ Why: i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't > Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> > > --------------------------- > + > +What: ftape > +When: 2.6.20 > +Why: Orphaned for ages. SMP bugs long unfixed. Few users left > + in the world. > +Who: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
I actually have the hardware, but with a capacity of 1.6GB per tape and transfer speeds at a few hundred KB/s it's not the most practical backup solution today.
Removing it is perfectly acceptable for me.
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