linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removal of a few obsolete input drivers

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Message-ID: <ZrmUnaLJ5Ft0_tst@google.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:50:37 -0700
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@....cz>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Removal of a few obsolete input drivers

On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 01:24:42AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2024, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 
> > I am wondering if it is not the time to retire bus mice drivers since
> > they have been out of favor for close to 30 years, as well as 3 drivers
> > for portables from late '90s to early 2000.
> 
>  Are these drivers broken, e.g. fail to compile or crash the system?  

I have no idea because I doubt that anyone has tested them since
forever.

> Otherwise what's the gain from removal?

The same gain that we get from removing obsolete boards and
architectures - less maintenance burden, less work when we need to
change some APIs, less energy burnt by 0-day and other bots, CI systems,
etc, compiling useless drivers over and over and over.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry