Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161470AbWALXcS (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:32:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161471AbWALXcS (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:32:18 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:14055 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161470AbWALXcR (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:32:17 -0500 Subject: Old hardware (was Re: [PATCH] Prevent trident driver from grabbing pcnet32 hardware) From: Lee Revell To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Jon Mason , Muli Ben-Yehuda , Jiri Slaby , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060112225205.GZ29663@stusta.de> References: <20060112175051.GA17539@us.ibm.com> <43C6ADDE.5060904@liberouter.org> <20060112200735.GD5399@granada.merseine.nu> <20060112214719.GE17539@us.ibm.com> <20060112220039.GX29663@stusta.de> <1137105731.2370.94.camel@mindpipe> <20060112225205.GZ29663@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:32:14 -0500 Message-Id: <1137108735.2370.110.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1498 Lines: 36 On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 23:52 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 05:42:10PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 23:00 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > CYBER5050 is discussed in ALSA bug #1293 (tester wanted). > > > > OK I set that bug to FEEDBACK, but it's open 5 months now and no > testers > > are forthcoming. I think if we don't find one as a result of this > > thread we can assume no one cares about this hardware anymore. > > The majority of Linux users doesn't read linux-kernel... > > We might find users after the OSS driver is deprecated in a released > kernel, or perhaps some months after it's removed from the kernel. > > This would match my current experiences regarding my suggested > removal > of some OSS drivers. While we're on the topic, what *is* the best place to solicit hardware donations for purposes of driver development? I ask because the snd-nm256 driver is one that we know users have, but the ALSA driver has never worked (sound OK but the machine frequently locks up IIRC, see ALSA bug #305), and the device has been unavailable for years. Basically these users are screwed if we can't get a hardware sample, but I think that might mean someone has to give us a whole laptop. Lee - 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/