From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265221AbUBOXbz (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:31:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265253AbUBOXbz (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:31:55 -0500 Received: from mtvcafw.SGI.COM ([192.48.171.6]:31571 "EHLO zok.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265221AbUBOXbx (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:31:53 -0500 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 15:32:14 -0800 From: Paul Jackson To: wrlk@riede.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove obsolete onstream support from ide-tape in 2.6.3-rc3 Message-Id: <20040215153214.002dcc9a.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040215221108.GA4957@serve.riede.org> References: <20040215221108.GA4957@serve.riede.org> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org And another obsolete tape drive goes on my vintage shelf. Willem - I notice off SourceForge a note: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=333748 Posted By: wriede Date: 2003-12-01 16:24 Summary: osst, the Linux OnStream Tape driver now avalable on sf.net Following the unfortunate bankruptcy of OnStream, I have now completed the migration of the osst CVS repository, web site and mailing list to SourceForge. Willem Riede, osst maintainer. How does this relate to your removal of onstream from 2.6? I'm guessing that you are maintaining onstream in 2.4, but not in 2.6 or beyond. But that's just a guess. With onstream tape cartridges selling for (another guess - can't actually _find_ any for sale anymore) at $4/Gbyte, and IDE drives at under $1/Gbyte, using removable drives for backup makes more sense than using onstream, anyway I can see to cut it. And the chances of the IDE interface going obsolete anytime soon seem refreshingly small. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373