Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove support for the orphaned, obsolete Digi EPCA driver.

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Alan Cox wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:14:24 -0400 (EDT)
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> >   everything indicates that this driver is thoroughly dead.  the
> > MAINTAINERS file describes it as "Orphaned", while the file
> > Documentation/digiepca.txt reads:
>
> NAK
>
> > "NOTE:  This driver is obsolete.  Digi provides a 2.6 driver (dgdm) at
> > http://www.digi.com for PCI cards.  They no longer maintain this driver,
> > and have no 2.6 driver for ISA cards.
>
> This driver is obsolete from the kernel at the point the new digi drivers
> are merged.
>
> > This driver requires a number of user-space tools.  They can be acquired from
> > http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels."
>
> So fix them or merge the newer digi drivers first.

ok, but what then does it mean to read that this driver:

1) *requires* a number of user-space tools, and
2) these tools don't work with the 2.6 kernel?

how then does this driver have any value under 2.6 if it requires
user-space support that doesn't exist for 2.6?

obviously, i'll withdraw the patch, but it's still a mystery to me how
that driver can have any value under a 2.6 kernel, just based on
what's written above.

rday
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