linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] fbdev: atyfb: Fix buffer overflow

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Message-ID: <e04f012b-cf10-4a84-8fbe-ece1a06f0f66@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 11:03:08 +0200
From: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To: Denis Arefev <arefev@...mel.ru>, ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, jani.nikula@...el.com,
 linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 lvc-project@...uxtesting.org, tzimmermann@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] fbdev: atyfb: Fix buffer overflow

On 4/1/25 10:40, Denis Arefev wrote:
> One small question.
> This chip (3D RAGE LT (Mach64 LG)) is very old it is 25 or
> maybe 30 years old, why is it not removed from the core?

It's old, but still runs in some configurations and people
still (although probably not on daily bases) use it.
Also don't forget about the various old non-x86 hardware machines
which often used ATI cards too, and those machines are still
supported by Linux as well.

Helge