From: Rafael Diniz <rafael2k@terra.com.br>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: obsolete code must die
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:23:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01061322232801.00269@rafael> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01a401c0f46b$20b932e0$480e6c42@almlba4sy7xn6x> <9g91gb$11p$1@ns1.clouddancer.com> <20010614010834.2ECD678599@mail.clouddancer.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010614010834.2ECD678599@mail.clouddancer.com>
> >i386, i486
> >The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older
>
> No. Both of my cheap on-site systems for occasional access are 486s.
> Why would I spend money for a system that is hardly ever used?
I have 386's that I still use.
> >ISA bus, MCA bus, EISA bus
> >PCI is the defacto standard. Get rid of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP,
> >CONFIG_ISAPNP, etc
>
> No. There are still plenty of unique ISA cards around.
How about all the isa ne2000 around the world?
> >MFM/RLL/XT/ESDI hard drive support
> >Does anyone still *have* an RLL drive that works? At the very least get
> > rid
>
> OK, I haven't seen one of these for nearly 10 years.
My 386 have one of these.
> >parallel/serial/game ports
> >More controversial to remove this, since they are *still* in pretty wide
> >use -- but USB and IEEE 1394 are the way to go. No ifs ands or buts.
ow, I think that you are in the future :-)
> Send me the funds to replace my laser printers please.
I want it too.
> >a.out
> >Who needs it anymore. I love ELF.
>
> OK, everything that I had in a.out was converted within a year of
> ELF's introduction.
There are some non open source programs that are a.out...
I want to continue to use Linux on my 386!!!!
Thanks
Rafael Diniz
Brazil
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Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2001-06-14 0:44 ` obsolete code must die Daniel
2001-06-14 0:54 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-14 0:56 ` Jaswinder Singh
2001-06-14 1:00 ` Jeff Garzik
[not found] ` <20010613204729.A18297@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>
2001-06-14 1:05 ` Daniel Dickman
2001-06-14 1:09 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-14 1:20 ` Gary E. Miller
2001-06-14 1:08 ` Colonel
2001-06-13 22:23 ` Rafael Diniz [this message]
2001-06-15 19:45 ` Eric Hancock
2001-06-14 19:00 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-14 1:11 ` John Chris Wren
2001-06-14 1:13 ` Claudio Martins
2001-06-14 1:23 ` Justin Guyett
2001-06-14 1:51 ` Mohammad A. Haque
2001-06-14 1:55 ` Horst von Brand
2001-06-14 3:41 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2001-06-14 1:58 ` D. Stimits
2001-06-14 2:22 ` Alan Olsen
2001-06-14 1:24 ` Robert Love
2001-06-14 1:32 ` Colonel
2001-06-14 1:45 ` Rainer Mager
2001-06-14 2:00 ` Download process for a "split kernel" (was: obsolete code must die) David Luyer
2001-06-14 2:30 ` Jaswinder Singh
2001-06-14 7:56 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-14 8:34 ` Alexander Viro
2001-06-14 16:25 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-06-14 17:21 ` Richard Gooch
2001-06-14 12:07 ` Horst von Brand
2001-06-14 12:14 ` David Luyer
2001-06-14 12:18 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-14 7:56 ` obsolete code must die Alan Cox
2001-06-14 9:06 ` Ghozlane Toumi
2001-06-14 9:24 ` James Sutherland
2001-06-14 14:45 ` Michael Bacarella
2001-06-15 3:58 ` Michael Peddemors
2001-06-15 4:09 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-06-15 11:51 ` Rogier Wolff
2001-06-14 1:41 ` David Luyer
2001-06-14 2:37 ` Tom Vier
2001-06-14 8:35 ` Bohdan Vlasyuk
2001-06-14 10:25 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2001-06-14 2:31 ` James Stevenson
2001-06-14 3:24 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-14 3:48 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-06-14 4:26 ` Rik van Riel
2001-06-14 6:31 ` Russell King
2001-06-14 6:54 ` Daniel Dickman
2001-06-14 7:12 ` L. K.
2001-06-14 8:44 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-06-14 9:55 ` Thomas Pornin
2001-06-14 15:15 ` Brad Johnson
2001-06-14 18:57 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-15 3:48 ` Michael Peddemors
2001-06-15 14:21 ` Horst von Brand
2001-06-14 10:22 Heusden, Folkert van
2001-06-14 13:05 ` Nils Holland
2001-06-14 14:01 Jesse Pollard
2001-06-14 17:21 ` richard
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