From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992631AbXCWXJb (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:09:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992628AbXCWXJb (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:09:31 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:33063 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992617AbXCWXJB (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:09:01 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:09:04 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: roland Cc: Oliver Neukum , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] - Schedule mcdx for removal ? was: warning: #warning You have not edited mcdx.h Message-ID: <20070323230904.GY752@stusta.de> References: <052c01c76c62$78f7f7a0$eeeea8c0@aldipc> <200703221035.19832.oneukum@suse.de> <06e401c76d9e$f0920430$eeeea8c0@aldipc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <06e401c76d9e$f0920430$eeeea8c0@aldipc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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