Re: so what *is* obsolete and removable?

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On 15/04/07, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> wrote:

  in a recent posting, ian anderson suggested that, before kernel
features are removed, they should spend a reasonable amount of time in
the feature removal file to give everyone fair warning.  if that's the
case, then there are a *bunch* of things that should perhaps be added
to that file real soon now just to start the clock ticking.

[snip]
./sound/oss/Kconfig:    bool "Obsolete OSS drivers"
./sound/oss/Kconfig:      This option enables support for obsolete OSS drivers that

  clearly, that was a fairly brainless search, but it still reveals a
pile of stuff that's "obsolete" (whatever that means in the context in
which it's used).  so what's really obsolete?

IIRC Adrian Bunk is handling the removal of obsolete OSS drivers and
doing a nice job at it. Dunno about the rest of the stuff.

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