linux-kernel - removing drivers and ISA support? [Was: Char: correct pci_get

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Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:59:56 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: removing drivers and ISA support? [Was: Char: correct pci_get_device
 changes]

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Sul, 2006-10-15 am 01:36 +0200, ysgrifennodd Jiri Slaby:
> > It affects moxa and rio char drivers. (All this stuff deserves to be
> > converted to pci_probing, though.)
>
> Agreed, or dropped

Alan, do you consider some (char) driver to be removed now?

And what about (E)ISA support. When converting to pci probing, should be ISA bus
support preserved (how much is ISA used in present)? -- it makes code ugly and long.

regards,
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faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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