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SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] remove the broken SCSI_SEAGATE driver
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James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> writes:

> I really don't see a need to declare drivers obsolete unless they bitrot
> to the point they're demonstrably useless and no-one wants to step up to
> fix them, which is what the BROKEN flag is for.

How do you know if the driver is broken? Especially if it still
compiles?

Some of these things are 20 years old.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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