linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Start of removal of legacy parallel interfaces for 3.0

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 21:39:17 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Start of removal of legacy parallel interfaces for 3.0

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 20:42, Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com> wrote:
> On 2011-05-24 20:37, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com> wrote:
>>> With the 3.0 kernel approaching, now is a great time to get rid of some
>>> legacy bagage. And what better part to start with than the old IDE code.
>>> Parallel interfaces are so 1990's, we can't be seen with those on a
>>> fancy new kernel version.

NAK.

>> No.
>>
>> Guys. Really.
>>
>> Any version numbering change is *not* an excuse to drop any old stuff,
>> or do anything new and exciting.
>
> Boy, you guys sure are humorless. I would've thought the reference to
> killing SCSI next would be a good clue.
>
> So we can't kill x86 32-bit either?

I wouldn't object to that one. Finally a good reason to kick admins
who still run
32-bit distros on 64-bit machines ;-)

Serious... Rumor says there's even a new 32-bit ABI for x86...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds
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