From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
Cc: heine@instmath.rwth-aachen.de, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: time for some drivers to be removed?
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:48:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030805134823.GD16091@fs.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16175.45710.993756.301205@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 03:35:10PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>
> ftape-4.04? That's been a non-integrated external package for ages and ages.
> I doubt there's been any updates in it for 2.5/2.6 kernels.
>...
Is there a good reason why it wasn't / isn't integrated?
> Given how few still use these antiques (my "fast" Conner/Seagate drive gives
> 150KBps backup speed, wow!) I think simply maintaining status quo is the most
> reasonable use of peoples' time.
The problem is that 2.6 doesn't maintain the status quo - it's no longer
possible to use ftape on a SMP workstation.
cu
Adrian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-05 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-05 12:42 time for some drivers to be removed? Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-05 13:03 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-08-05 13:35 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-05 13:48 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2003-08-05 14:01 ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-08-06 10:06 ` Claus-Justus Heine
2003-08-09 19:40 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-08-05 16:35 ` Alan Cox
2003-08-05 18:47 ` Leopold Gouverneur
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-08-14 5:34 John Bradford
2003-08-13 20:55 John Bradford
2003-08-13 20:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-08-13 20:55 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-07-28 7:12 linux
2003-07-27 16:22 John Bradford
2003-07-25 11:10 John Bradford
2003-07-24 18:29 John Bradford
2003-07-24 18:31 ` Robert P. J. Day
2003-07-24 19:31 ` Eli Carter
2003-07-25 10:48 ` Bas Mevissen
2003-07-24 14:43 John Bradford
2003-07-24 19:24 ` Brian Jackson
2003-07-24 12:20 Robert P. J. Day
2003-07-24 14:58 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-24 15:34 ` Bas Mevissen
2003-07-24 17:32 ` Diego Calleja García
2003-07-24 17:50 ` Robert P. J. Day
2003-07-24 19:16 ` Diego Calleja García
2003-07-24 19:43 ` Robert P. J. Day
2003-07-24 18:02 ` Samuel Flory
2003-07-24 19:07 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-25 10:48 ` Bas Mevissen
2003-07-27 15:31 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-07-27 15:59 ` David D. Hagood
2003-07-27 16:18 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-07-27 16:40 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-27 17:00 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-07-27 18:45 ` David D. Hagood
2003-07-27 20:40 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-27 20:56 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-07-27 20:56 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-28 2:23 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-07-29 19:33 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-08-13 20:16 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-08-09 18:04 ` David Woodhouse
2003-08-09 19:36 ` Adrian Bunk
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