linux-kernel - Re: (Short?) merge window reminder

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Message-ID: <BANLkTi=Xuk4=Q43QV1pv33K=J2FFZBLLtQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 11:07:45 -0400
From:	"jonsmirl@...il.com" <jonsmirl@...il.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Jacek Luczak <difrost.kernel@...il.com>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, "linux-mm <linux-mm"@kvack.medozas.de,
	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	DRI <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: (Short?) merge window reminder

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> Can we drop most of MCA, EISA and ISA bus if we are going to have a big
> version change ? A driver spring clean is much overdue and it's all in
> git in case someone wishes to sneak out at midnight and bring some crawly
> horror back from the dead.

2.8 could mark the beginning of the great cleanup
  --- work out the details of what needs to be cleaned and set a goal
  --- remove old buses/driver, switch to device tree, graphics, 32/64
merges, etc
3.0 would mark its completion

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@...il.com
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