linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] schedule ftape removal

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Date:	Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:45:18 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
To:	akpm@...l.org, jeff@...zik.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-tape@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] schedule ftape removal

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:05:28 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> index 9364f47..57e72e6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -325,3 +325,11 @@ Why:	i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't 
>  Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
>  
>  ---------------------------
> +
> +What:	ftape
> +When:	2.6.20
> +Why:	Orphaned for ages.  SMP bugs long unfixed.  Few users left
> +	in the world.
> +Who:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>

I actually have the hardware, but with a capacity of 1.6GB
per tape and transfer speeds at a few hundred KB/s it's not
the most practical backup solution today.

Removing it is perfectly acceptable for me.

/Mikael
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