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Subject: Re: [PATCH] schedule ftape removal
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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Ar Llu, 2006-10-02 am 01:05 -0400, ysgrifennodd Jeff Garzik:
> +What:	ftape
> +When:	2.6.20
> +Why:	Orphaned for ages.  SMP bugs long unfixed.  Few users left
> +	in the world.
> +Who:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>


Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>

Everyone has used the out of tree one for a long time anyway if there is
even a user left. I guess the person who needs to rescue ancient tapes
will use an old kernel and PC anyway, or can rescue the driver
themselves.