From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752193AbWJ0Nu6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:50:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752192AbWJ0Nu6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:50:58 -0400 Received: from mxsf12.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.212]:53179 "EHLO mxsf12.cluster1.charter.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752191AbWJ0Nu5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:50:57 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,365,1157342400"; d="scan'208"; a="1875487711:sNHT48719742" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17730.3765.293365.848005@smtp.charter.net> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:50:45 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" To: Alan Cox Cc: Jiri Slaby , Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: removing drivers and ISA support? [Was: Char: correct pci_get_device changes] In-Reply-To: <1161900446.12781.86.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4540F79C.7070705@gmail.com> <1161900446.12781.86.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox writes: Alan> Ar Iau, 2006-10-26 am 19:59 +0200, ysgrifennodd Jiri Slaby: >> Alan, do you consider some (char) driver to be removed now? Alan> I think some of the drivers like epca we should seriously consider Alan> dropping and seeing if there is any complaint, my guess will be not. >> And what about (E)ISA support. When converting to pci probing, >> should be ISA bus support preserved (how much is ISA used in >> present)? -- it makes code ugly and long. I'm still using my Cyclom-Y ISA 8-port serial card. But that probably won't be for too much longer if I get a new system... but it's still in use!