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SubjectRe: [PATCH] schedule ftape removal
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.

/Mikael
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