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Re: Time to prune some drivers? ISA SCSI, tape, etc.



On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:46:50AM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> We dropped support for genuine i386 systems a wile ago now, but we are
> still carrying around a bunch of legacy drivers that should probably
> go... namely ISA SCSI, tape controller, and CD-ROM controller drivers.
> 
> Any reason to keep them around?

I agree with the sentiment expressed earlier that ones that are just ISA
attachments for drivers that support other busses should stay.

mcd(4) can probably go.  wt(4) probably too.. I think it hasn't worked
right in a decade+, though I no longer remember the issues.

--rafal

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