On 1999-Nov-26 05:09:20 +1100, Greg Lehey wrote:
>I don't suppose it would be that big a deal to remove the old driver,
>but what speaks against leaving it in the tree along with a comment in
>the GENERIC config file saying "if you use antediluvial disk hardware,
>you may prefer to use an old driver too"?
The primary problem I can see is bitrot.
There seem to be a number of fairly intrusive architecture changes
coming up - block/character device merging, CardBus, `proper' thread
support and SMP improvements. The WD driver will presumably live long
enough to see the end of the block/character merge. The other changes
seem further off, but have the potential to require changes to all
drivers.
Peter
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