Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753668AbYAYFNG (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:13:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751216AbYAYFMz (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:12:55 -0500 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:56761 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750954AbYAYFMy (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:12:54 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: David Newall Cc: Adrian Bunk , Ingo Molnar , Andi Kleen , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:44:05 +1030." <479945ED.7040007@davidnewall.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20080120055544.GB19861@one.firstfloor.org> <4792E8E2.1090307@davidnewall.com> <20080120072922.GA21047@one.firstfloor.org> <4793F775.6090403@davidnewall.com> <20080122111205.GA25090@elte.hu> <4796081A.7060505@davidnewall.com> <20080122160114.GB23277@does.not.exist> <4798C511.8070305@davidnewall.com> <20080124172414.GD4476@does.not.exist> <4798D10C.6090109@davidnewall.com> <20080124181442.GE4476@does.not.exist> <479945ED.7040007@davidnewall.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1201237935_2846P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:12:16 -0500 Message-ID: <2927.1201237936@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1332 Lines: 37 --==_Exmh_1201237935_2846P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:44:05 +1030, David Newall said: > The benefit is not zero. Repeating myself: While the code is there, it > encourages either removal or repair. If the option to remove is taken > off the table then it will eventually be repaired. Well, if the 2.4 version hasn't been ported by 2.6.24, maybe we'll check back in *another* 4 years when we're up to 2.6.48. There's a limit to how much "eventually" we should drag along. We (especially Adrian) remove stuff from the kernel *all the time* with the notation "If anybody wants to get this hook back, it's easy enough to re-add it when an actual user shows up". I don't see why iBCS should be treated any differently. --==_Exmh_1201237935_2846P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFHmW+vcC3lWbTT17ARAt7SAJ4s49QOaywig9F8Y/Du1nR3nKZGUgCdFwpt GCl+AUFcvCQ5poimM8PJvWg= =2C/z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1201237935_2846P-- -- 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/