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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: roland <devzero@web.de>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] - Schedule mcdx for removal ? was:  warning: #warning You have not edited mcdx.h
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:09:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070323230904.GY752@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06e401c76d9e$f0920430$eeeea8c0@aldipc>

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:59:40PM +0100, roland wrote:
> why not?
> 
> why should unused code be maintained to death ?

This driver hasn't been actively maintained for years - it's nearly 
zero-cost to carry such a driver in the kernel sources.

> 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....

There's a difference between obsolete features and drivers for old 
hardware: There's usually a replacement for the obsolete features.

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed


      reply	other threads:[~2007-03-23 23:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-22  9:14 roland
2007-03-22  9:35 ` Oliver Neukum
2007-03-23 22:59   ` roland
2007-03-23 23:09     ` Adrian Bunk [this message]

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