Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263957AbTE0ROC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 13:14:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263962AbTE0ROC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 13:14:02 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:14098 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263957AbTE0ROB (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 13:14:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 10:26:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Ricky Beam cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.70 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1047 Lines: 27 On Tue, 27 May 2003, Ricky Beam wrote: > > Count up the number of drivers that haven't been updated to the current > PCI, hotplug, and modules interfaces. Tough. If people don't use them, they don't get supported. It's that easy. The thing is, these things won't change before 2.6 (or at least a pre-2.6). When 2.6.0 comes out, and somebody notices that they haven't bothered to try the 2.5.x series, _then_ maybe some of those odd-ball drivers get fixed. Or not. Some of them may be literally due for retirement, with users just running an old kernel on old hardware. Btw, this is nothing new. It has _always_ been the case that a lot of people didn't use the latest stable kernel until it was released, and then they complained because the drivers they used weren't up to spec. Linus - 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/