linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ieee1394: schedule for removal

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Date:	Mon, 24 May 2010 17:29:28 -0400
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...sonet.com>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee1394: schedule for removal

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Stefan Richter
<stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> All application domains that are supported by the old ieee1394 driver
> stack are supported by the newer firewire driver stack too.  (FireWire
> audio came last, in 2.6.32.)  There is now good and extensive experience
> with the newer stack from deployment in Fedora since F7 as well as by
> enthusiast users of other distributions.  The new drivers have
> consequently been recommended as the default ones since 2.6.33, in order
> to fix some severe usability problems of FireWire on Linux due to
> limitations of the old stack.  It is now high time to announce when the
> obsolete drivers will be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>

Good riddance.

Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>

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