linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: mark isapnp as obsolete

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Message-ID: <56ea648f-3742-6dd6-9deb-5f1ba441905f@perex.cz>
Date:   Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:17:00 +0200
From:   Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Anupama K Patil <anupamakpatil123@...il.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        B K Karthik <bkkarthik@...u.pes.edu>,
        kernelnewbies@...nelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: mark isapnp as obsolete

Dne 28. 04. 21 v 13:11 Greg KH napsal(a):
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 04:35:36PM +0530, Anupama K Patil wrote:
>> isapnp code is very old and according to this link
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Plug_and_Play#Specifications
>> from Wikipedia, even Windows Vista disabled ISA PnP by default.
>>
>> This change is in follow up to
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210422180322.7wlyg63kv3n2k6id@ubuntu/T/#u
>> and https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210424194301.jmsqpycvsm7izbk3@ubuntu/T/#u
>>
>> Suggested-by: B K Karthik <bkkarthik@...u.pes.edu>
>> Signed-off-by: Anupama K Patil <anupamakpatil123@...il.com>
> 
> Has the maintainer said this is unsupported?

I've no idea, if there're any users at the time, but there are many drivers
which depend on this code.

I'll try to reply to patch threads.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.