linux-kernel - Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

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Date:	Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:03:26 +0530
From:	"Sunil Naidu" <akula2.shark@...il.com>
To:	"Akemi Yagi" <amyagi@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

On 2/7/07, Akemi Yagi <amyagi@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:07:50 +0530, Sunil Naidu wrote:
>
> > On 2/5/07, Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 03:14:31AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:24:28PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> >>
> >> Wrong. I abandoned all floppy drives some years ago. I'd actually vote
> >> for removing the floppy driver from the kernel completely.
> >
> > I don't think time has come for that yet, still millions of people do use
> > Floppy on Linux ;-)
>
> So, I am not the only person on earth who still makes sure the floppy gets
> included when building a new custom PC?

Yep, still floppies are useful. Example, when we buy a new device
(driver) with a floppy (sometimes by manufacturer). Plus, from the
customer (not user) POV, what's wrong in spending another $10 for a
FDD in a typical $1000 PC? Makes sense right ;-)

>
> Akemi

~Akula2
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