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SubjectRe: time for some drivers to be removed?
On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 09:40:43PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 19:45, David D. Hagood wrote:
> > I would disagree - OBSOLETE to me means just that - that module is
> > obsolete. Minix FS, OSS (as opposed to ALSA), and the old non-SCSI,
> > non-IDE HD interfaces would be OBSOLETE.
> >
> > Besides, I have seen cases where Firewire modules wouldn't build for
> > some period of time - would you deem them OBSOLETE?
>
> The code in question is obsolete if it wont build because its out of date
> with respect to the core. The point I was trying to make is we have a
> definition (have had since 2.2) and actively use it. So there is nothing
> to invent here

That's no problem for me.

The only question is how to call the option that allows building only on
UP (e.g. cli/sti usage in the driver)? My suggestion was BROKEN_ON_SMP,
would you suggest OBSOLETE_ON_SMP?

cu
Adrian

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