linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:34:17 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> But Linux kernel development is not driven by people producing hot air 
> about what they wish to see in the future, Linux kernel development is 
> driven by people sending patches.

Removal of code is not development.  It's the opposite of development.

At one stage iBCS2 support DID work.  Now it doesn't.  Now there's an
argument that the remaining infrastructure should be removed.  This is
the wrong direction to take.
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