Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:50:03 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: so what *is* obsolete and removable? |
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On 15/04/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote: > > in a recent posting, ian anderson suggested that, before kernel > features are removed, they should spend a reasonable amount of time in > the feature removal file to give everyone fair warning. if that's the > case, then there are a *bunch* of things that should perhaps be added > to that file real soon now just to start the clock ticking. > [snip] > ./sound/oss/Kconfig: bool "Obsolete OSS drivers" > ./sound/oss/Kconfig: This option enables support for obsolete OSS drivers that > > clearly, that was a fairly brainless search, but it still reveals a > pile of stuff that's "obsolete" (whatever that means in the context in > which it's used). so what's really obsolete? > IIRC Adrian Bunk is handling the removal of obsolete OSS drivers and doing a nice job at it. Dunno about the rest of the stuff.
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