linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] the long overdue pcmcia

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:15:36 +0000
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...do.de>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the long overdue pcmcia_ioctl.c removal

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:24:57AM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
> (Really cross-post like this?)
> 
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 08:44:07PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> > TBH I've given up trying to fight this continue "lets remove these
> > IOCTLs which no one uses" crap.  Obviously, _I_ use them.
> 
> I suppose critical mass or other powers that be have decided they
> aren't good enough. If your userspace will never change, settling
> on a kernel as well shouldn't be too big a deal.
> 
> Closed source sure sucks.

It's not closed source, but a case of "the machine with the CVS on was
taken down a couple of months after the project ended".

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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