Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25

[Rene Herman]

On 15-02-08 00:20, David Newall wrote:

> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Bill Davidsen wrote:
> > > Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most
> > > of it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I
> > > can't see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
> > > contentious to let the hardware (or users) die of natural causes if
> > > you can.
> > the problem is that the new one DOES NOT GET FIXED.
> > THAT is a huge problem; it means we have a buggy driver...
>
> If the old one works and the new one is buggy, it begs the question of
> why anybody bothered writing a new one in the first place.  "If it ain't
> broke, don't fix it," might have been good advice to follow.

Not generally. A usual scenario is the new driver working on newer hardware 
versions than the old one supports but not necessarily on all the old ones 
the previous driver supported if only due to to availability of the older 
hardware for testing.

Rene.
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