Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270858AbTG0QaM (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:30:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270859AbTG0QaL (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:30:11 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:62085 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270858AbTG0QaJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:30:09 -0400 Subject: Re: time for some drivers to be removed? From: Alan Cox To: "David D. Hagood" Cc: Adrian Bunk , "Robert P. J. Day" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3F23F6EB.7070502@sktc.net> References: <20030727153118.GP22218@fs.tum.de> <3F23F6EB.7070502@sktc.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1059324018.13442.0.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 27 Jul 2003 17:40:18 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 572 Lines: 14 On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 16:59, David D. Hagood wrote: > This is a pet peeve of mine on Free Software projects in general - The > Program That Wouldn't Compile. > > It would seem to me that in the context of the kernel, what is needed is > a BROKEN flag. We've had one for years. Its CONFIG_OBSOLETE, its even used in 2.6test - 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/