linux-kernel - Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25

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Message-ID: <20080214182653.GA6456@lst.de>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:26:53 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...do.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:24:43AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
> >Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most of 
> >it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I can't 
> >see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less 
> >contentious to let the hardware (or users) die of natural causes if you 
> >can.
> >
> 
> the problem is that the new one DOES NOT GET FIXED.
> THAT is a huge problem; it means we have a buggy driver...

It's also utterly missing the point.  The skge driver supports all the
hardware that sk98lin supports.  If it doesn't work bug Stephen who's
a very responsive maintainer.
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