Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove support for the orphaned, obsolete Digi EPCA driver.

> (Probably the biggest obstacle, was the extra ioctls to
> manage "Digi" specific things, and other hooks that are
> simply not permitted in in-kernel code)

Oh please ignore the ioctl bigots, I think they've also mostly gone away
and accepted they lost the argument to the real world anyway/

> Trust me, I *know* the pain of keeping the driver out-of-tree
> with the constant flux in the kernel API, and I understand that
> most people here say its completely self-inflicted...
> 
> But massively crippling the driver from a usability POV,
> just simply isn't an option.

Sure

Alan
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