linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove the broken BLK_DEV_SWIM

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Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:27:31 +0100 (CET)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, funaho@...ai.org,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the broken BLK_DEV_SWIM_IOP driver

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The BLK_DEV_SWIM_IOP driver has:
> - already been marked as BROKEN in 2.6.0 three years ago and
> - is still marked as BROKEN.
> 
> Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be
> unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.
> 
> But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still
> present in the older kernel releases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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