On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:11:30PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 08:21:38AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> > > - Code removals (Takashi)
> > >   There have been actions to remove the codes for old hardware
> > >   recently.  Which is acceptable?  Feature removals, too?

> > Linus was muttering about ISA sound card drivers.

> Interesting, I thought Linus doesn't mind much about such "dead"
> drivers.

It was because they aren't automatically probeable without loading the
driver and taking a look at the hardware - if a distro wants to use them
it ends up having to load and unload the module.