Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:34:17AM +1030, David Newall wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > But Linux kernel development is not driven by people producing hot air 
> > about what they wish to see in the future, Linux kernel development is 
> > driven by people sending patches.
> 
> Removal of code is not development.  It's the opposite of development.

Removing dead code makes:
- the kernel smaller,
- the kernel faster and
- makes it easier to maintain the non-dead code.

All of these are considered useful by the people who actually 
contribute to the Linux kernel.

> At one stage iBCS2 support DID work.  Now it doesn't.  Now there's an
> argument that the remaining infrastructure should be removed.  This is
> the wrong direction to take.

When did iBCS2 support work in a plain ftp.kernel.org kernel?

And if you consider iBCS2 support that important I can only repeat that 
the language on Linux kernel are patches, not hot air.

cu
Adrian

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