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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removal of a few obsolete input drivers
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:50:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZrmUnaLJ5Ft0_tst@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2408090122060.61955@angie.orcam.me.uk>

On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 01:24:42AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2024, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 
> > I am wondering if it is not the time to retire bus mice drivers since
> > they have been out of favor for close to 30 years, as well as 3 drivers
> > for portables from late '90s to early 2000.
> 
>  Are these drivers broken, e.g. fail to compile or crash the system?  

I have no idea because I doubt that anyone has tested them since
forever.

> Otherwise what's the gain from removal?

The same gain that we get from removing obsolete boards and
architectures - less maintenance burden, less work when we need to
change some APIs, less energy burnt by 0-day and other bots, CI systems,
etc, compiling useless drivers over and over and over.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry

  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-12  4:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-08 17:27 [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removal of a few obsolete input drivers Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-08 17:27 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] Input: inport - remove driver Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-08 17:27 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] Input: logibm " Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-08 17:27 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] Input: pc110pad " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-04-07 19:51   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-04-08 14:49     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-08 17:27 ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] Input: mk712 " Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-08 17:27 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] Input: ct82c710 " Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-09  0:24 ` [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removal of a few obsolete input drivers Maciej W. Rozycki
2024-08-12  4:50   ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2024-08-12 13:53     ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2024-08-12 16:46       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-15 21:20         ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2024-10-22 20:55           ` Dmitry Torokhov

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