linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: delete decade+ obsolete aic7xxx

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Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:11:30 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
CC:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	linux-scsi list <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: delete decade+ obsolete aic7xxx_old driver

[Re: [PATCH] scsi: delete decade+ obsolete aic7xxx_old driver] On 17/09/2013 (Tue 16:27) Doug Ledford wrote:

> On 09/17/13 16:10, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> > OK, so do we have any real evidence that no-one uses this driver?  Does
> > any distro actually compile it, for instance?
> 
> Red Hat doesn't use it in any of their products (and it hasn't been the
> preferred driver since about the old Red Hat Linux 7.0 days).

The oldest ubuntu machine I could find was running a 2.6.32 kernel and
even back then, they weren't building/enabling this driver either.

Paul.
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