linux-kernel - Re: disfunctional floppy driver in kernels 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 01:12:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:	Wim Osterholt <wim@....tudelft.nl>
cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: disfunctional floppy driver in kernels 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7

On Thu, 16 Jun 2016, Wim Osterholt wrote:

> That was because the changelog at the beginning of floppy.c ended in 2003.
> Wouln't it be wise to keep these items updated?

Those things have only historical value these days. The real changelog has 
been kept in git (formerly bitkeeper) changelogs for past ~15 years.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs