On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 14:34 +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There must have been a compile error that has since been fixed, but I > > don't remember the details of this specific driver and I don't have > > such old compile logs anymore. > > I wonder if we could gather some usage statistics, especially WRT > really old hardware. > > Perhaps we could invent some MODULE_WARN_OBSOLETE thing which would > warn users about their drivers being removed in +6m (or maybe +12m), > unless they let us know at http://qwe or mailto:ads? > > I find it really hard to believe there are still users of things like > CDU-31A CDs, XT MFM disk controllers, or NCR5380 SCSI host adapters > (especially the real ones, not DOMEX etc. clones bundled with scanner > just ~ 10 years ago).
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. James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
