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    SubjectRe: Free Linux Driver Development!
    On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 03:14:31AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
    > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:24:28PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:

    > > What? Throw a fresh-faced newbie instantly into the tar-pit of despair
    > > that floppy.c is? Do you want everyone just to run screaming from
    > > kernel development never to be seen again?
    > >
    > > :)
    >
    > Other than with the ISA drivers example, at least everyone has the
    > hardware... ;-)

    Wrong. I abandoned all floppy drives some years ago. I'd actually
    vote for removing the floppy driver from the kernel completely.

    Well, at work i probably have an USB floppy lying around somewhere,
    but i doubt that it uses floppy.c ;-),
    --
    Stefan Seyfried
    QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices | "Any ideas, John?"
    SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nürnberg | "Well, surrounding them's out."
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