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

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Message-ID: <2927.1201237936@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:12:16 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, 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

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:44:05 +1030, David Newall said:

> The benefit is not zero.  Repeating myself: While the code is there, it
> encourages either removal or repair.  If the option to remove is taken
> off the table then it will eventually be repaired.

Well, if the 2.4 version hasn't been ported by 2.6.24, maybe we'll check
back in *another* 4 years when we're up to 2.6.48.  There's a limit to
how much "eventually" we should drag along.

We (especially Adrian) remove stuff from the kernel *all the time* with the
notation "If anybody wants to get this hook back, it's easy enough to re-add it
when an actual user shows up".  I don't see why iBCS should be treated any
differently.

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