Messages in this thread | | | From | "roland" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] - Schedule mcdx for removal ? was: warning: #warning You have not edited mcdx.h | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:59:40 +0100 |
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why not?
why should unused code be maintained to death ?
if there are discussions about removing features people are still using, i think it should be legitimate to discuss about removing drivers nobody needs anymore....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Neukum" <oneukum@suse.de> To: "roland" <devzero@web.de> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; <bunk@stusta.de> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [RFC] - Schedule mcdx for removal ? was: warning: #warning You have not edited mcdx.h
Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2007 10:14 schrieb roland: > i wonder if there still exist any of those devices in functional state in > this world, at least not attached to some system being able to boot > 2.6.21+ - so, maybe mcdx driver is something for > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt , being removed in 2.6.25 or so > after being announced for some time (i.e. driver telling "i will be gone > soon, go spend those $15 to get a new drive") ?
Why? For the sake of sheer removal?
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