From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261517AbVA2RXV (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:23:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261526AbVA2RXV (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:23:21 -0500 Received: from smtp-106-saturday.nerim.net ([62.4.16.106]:12808 "EHLO kraid.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261517AbVA2RWn (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:22:43 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:22:55 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: Adrian Bunk Cc: LKML Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] mark the mcd cdrom driver as BROKEN Message-Id: <20050129182255.37b8fe2c.khali@linux-fr.org> In-Reply-To: <3s4gX-P6-45@gated-at.bofh.it> References: <3s4gX-P6-45@gated-at.bofh.it> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (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 Hi Adrian, > The mcd driver drives only very old hardware (some single and double > speed CD drives that were connected either via the soundcard or a > special ISA card), and the mcdx driver offers more functionality for > the same hardware. > > My plan is to mark MCD as broken in 2.6.11 and if noone complains > completely remove this driver some time later. > (...) > - depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI > + depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI && BROKEN Shouldn't we introduce a DEPRECATED option for use in cases like this one? Thanks, -- Jean Delvare http://khali.linux-fr.org/