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SubjectRe: so what *is* obsolete and removable?
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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