Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25
- From: Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:27:06 +0100
On 15-02-08 00:20, David Newall wrote:
Arjan van de Ven wrote:Bill Davidsen wrote:Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that mostthe problem is that the new one DOES NOT GET FIXED.
of it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I
can't see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
contentious to let the hardware (or users) die of natural causes if
you can.
THAT is a huge problem; it means we have a buggy driver...
If the old one works and the new one is buggy, it begs the question of
why anybody bothered writing a new one in the first place. "If it ain't
broke, don't fix it," might have been good advice to follow.
Not generally. A usual scenario is the new driver working on newer hardware versions than the old one supports but not necessarily on all the old ones the previous driver supported if only due to to availability of the older hardware for testing.
Rene.
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