Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:27:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:27:55 -0500 Received: from p508B6A0E.dip.t-dialin.net ([80.139.106.14]:36842 "EHLO dea.linux-mips.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:27:54 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 06:34:13 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Patrick Finnegan Cc: Jeff Garzik , Dan Kegel , john slee , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Why can't Johnny compile? Message-ID: <20021117063413.A18893@linux-mips.org> References: <3DD5DC77.2010406@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from pat@purdueriots.com on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:04:35AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 775 Lines: 17 On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:04:35AM -0500, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > Wouldn't it then seem reasonable to remove things from the kernel that > have been broken for a long time, and no one seems to care enough to fix? > I know of at least one driver (IOmega Buz v4l) that seems to have fallen > into disrepair possibly since before 2.4.0, and as far as I know has not > been repaired since then. On a few opportunities when I removed broken features from the MIPS kernel that was what it took to trigger somebody to fix it. Ralf - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/