From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269639AbTGXRwY (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:52:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269650AbTGXRwY (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:52:24 -0400 Received: from 64-60-248-67.cust.telepacific.net ([64.60.248.67]:12280 "EHLO mx.rackable.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269639AbTGXRwX (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:52:23 -0400 Message-ID: <3F201F1A.2010506@rackable.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:02:02 -0700 From: Samuel Flory User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Diego_Calleja_Garc=EDa?= CC: Bas Mevissen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: time for some drivers to be removed? References: <1059058737.7994.25.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3F1FFC94.7080409@basmevissen.nl> <20030724193211.39d7ed68.diegocg@teleline.es> In-Reply-To: <20030724193211.39d7ed68.diegocg@teleline.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jul 2003 18:07:28.0892 (UTC) FILETIME=[71CF0BC0:01C3520E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Diego Calleja García wrote: >El Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:34:44 +0200 Bas Mevissen escribió: > > > >>This would make a reasonable Q-requirement for 2.6.0 that at least the >>kernel compiles with 'make allyesconfig'. The only thing open is to >> >> > >That 2.6.0 builds with 'make allyesconfig' or not is irrelevant. >Moving broken drivers to a dark place doesn't fix them nor increase the >"quality" level..... > > It certainly improves perceived quality level. People new to linux are going to think 2.6 is a pile of crap that will not compile. Not to mention it reduces the possible things that can trip up a new -- Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory