linux-kernel - Re: RFC about Comedi on a patch that remove a lot fo code

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Message-Id: <200904261108.09527.fmhess@speakeasy.net>
Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:08:06 -0400
From:	Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@...akeasy.net>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>,
	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>, David Schleef <ds@...leef.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Comedi-ml <comedi_list@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: RFC about Comedi on a patch that remove a lot fo code

On Friday 24 April 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:28:28AM +0200, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
> > Dear Comedi developers,
> >
> > Sorry for my bad english.
> >
> > I would be happy to receive your considerations about that patch:
> >
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-next&m=123792129500760&w=2
> >
> > I know that some users use Comedi on dual kernel approach systems.
> > Obviously I don't have any against this but i think that Linux git
> > tree isn't the right place to support those software (RTAI, Xenomai,
> > RTLinux and others). Those projects already released patches against
> > Linux source code so it very easy for them add also patch for Comedi
> > drivers in the same tarball.
> >
> > At the already listed 8 reasons  in that email I want added a ninth
> > one: 9) Give more chance for interested developers to fix it against
> > RT_PREEMPT http://marc.info/?l=linux-rt-users&m=124049407712792&w=2
>
> I am siding with you, and agree all of the RT stuff should be deleted
> from the in-kernel comedi code, as there is on in-kernel users of it.
>
> Also, the recent Linux RT changes will not need any of these
> driver-specific changes at all from what I can tell, so they are now
> obsolete.
>
> Frank, unless you have any major objections, I'd like to remove this
> code.

I'm okay with it.


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