Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751304AbVJaDi3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:38:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751309AbVJaDi3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:38:29 -0500 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.201]:55367 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751304AbVJaDi3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:38:29 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E60fTCoFBNLXBgO8/Evcy35UBO/I17a8eeXt9idb4cDX2PzTqUIVfbpNKRG/cdw79hNTDPuzIfsJXN16LOpGpgzRXC1hz27DhFOUPrKqFb44prBuGPeGVOnPGYaUE0W3teRtKhNSXh/zYDSw6EcTEib+er8DKEcRp5noXMWSs1s= Message-ID: <436591A5.20609@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:38:13 +1100 From: Grant Coady Organization: http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Jones CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci_ids: remove non-referenced symbols from pci_ids.h References: <200510290000.j9T00Bqd001135@hera.kernel.org> <20051031024217.GA25709@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20051031024217.GA25709@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1528 Lines: 36 Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 05:00:11PM -0700, Linux Kernel wrote: > > tree 68609a74c3bc43e510f58f9c808a0a74e9d23452 > > parent 4153812fc10ea91cb1a7b6ea4f4337dd211c1ef7 > > author Grant Coady Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:06:40 +1000 > > committer Greg Kroah-Hartman Sat, 29 Oct 2005 05:36:59 -0700 > > > > [PATCH] pci_ids: remove non-referenced symbols from pci_ids.h > > > > pci_ids.h cleanup: removed non-referenced symbols, compile tested > > with 'make allmodconfig' > > > > Signed-off-by: Grant Coady > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > This patch is removing some PCI idents from drivers that are currently > marked BROKEN on some/all architectures. It seems counterproductive > to create even more work to get those drivers fixed. Nobody cares, the drivers are dying of bit-rot :) > Especially in the case of for eg, the advansys scsi driver, which > actually works for some people, even though it isn't updated to use > modern scsi layer interfaces. Any positive suggestions? How many years does a driver remain broken before it gets removed? These drivers don't compile cleanly thus are not in use, no? Perhaps a set of patches scheduling removal is in order. Grant. - 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/