From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] removal of legacy cdrom drivers (Re: [PATCH] mcdx.c insanity removal)
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 01:41:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040505234140.GC9636@fs.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040503011629.GY17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 02:16:29AM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
>...
> How about removing all that stuff instead of keeping the known broken shit
> in the tree? If somebody wants it back, they can always pick the versions
> circa 2.6.0 from archives.
>
> If you are OK with that (and nobody on l-k stands up and claims that they want
> it alive and *claims* *that* *right* *fucking* *NOW*) I'll send you a patch
> putting these buggers out of their misery.
What about marking them as BROKEN in Kconfig and wait how many people
scream they are still successfully using such drives in 2.6?
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
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20040502024637.GV17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0405011953140.18014@ppc970.osdl.org>
2004-05-03 1:16 ` [RFC] removal of legacy cdrom drivers (Re: [PATCH] mcdx.c insanity removal) viro
2004-05-03 3:21 ` Rene Herman
2004-05-03 5:59 ` viro
2004-05-03 18:08 ` Rene Herman
2004-05-03 19:45 ` viro
2004-05-03 21:22 ` Rene Herman
2004-05-03 21:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-05-03 21:34 ` viro
2004-05-05 23:41 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
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