Re: (Short?) merge window reminder

From: jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue May 24 2011 - 11:07:52 EST


On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can we drop most of MCA, EISA and ISA bus if we are going to have a big
> version change ? A driver spring clean is much overdue and it's all in
> git in case someone wishes to sneak out at midnight and bring some crawly
> horror back from the dead.

2.8 could mark the beginning of the great cleanup
--- work out the details of what needs to be cleaned and set a goal
--- remove old buses/driver, switch to device tree, graphics, 32/64
merges, etc
3.0 would mark its completion

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx
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