linux-kernel - Re: so what *is* obsolete and removable?

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Date:	Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:50:03 +0200
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: so what *is* obsolete and removable?

On 15/04/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com> wrote:
>
>   in a recent posting, ian anderson suggested that, before kernel
> features are removed, they should spend a reasonable amount of time in
> the feature removal file to give everyone fair warning.  if that's the
> case, then there are a *bunch* of things that should perhaps be added
> to that file real soon now just to start the clock ticking.
>
[snip]
> ./sound/oss/Kconfig:    bool "Obsolete OSS drivers"
> ./sound/oss/Kconfig:      This option enables support for obsolete OSS drivers that
>
>   clearly, that was a fairly brainless search, but it still reveals a
> pile of stuff that's "obsolete" (whatever that means in the context in
> which it's used).  so what's really obsolete?
>
IIRC Adrian Bunk is handling the removal of obsolete OSS drivers and
doing a nice job at it. Dunno about the rest of the stuff.

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