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Rozycki" Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik , Jiri Kosina , Benjamin Tissoires Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removal of a few obsolete input drivers Message-ID: References: <20240808172733.1194442-1-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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