Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:51:21 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 09:41:06AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 30 October 2005 05:51, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >This patch schedules obsolete OSS drivers (with ALSA drivers that
> > support the same hardware) for removal.
> >
> >Scheduling the via82cxxx driver for removal was ACK'ed by Jeff Garzik.
> >
> Isn't this a bit premature?  There are quite a few old mobo's with this
> chipset still in use, like my firewall box.
>...

Sounds like a deja vu:
  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0507.3/0527.html
  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0507.3/0555.html
  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0507.3/0717.html

;-)

cu
Adrian

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