petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoLinux 6.13 Staging Clears Out 107k Lines Of Code From Old & Unmaintained Driverswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThese aren’t printer drivers, but drivers for a Meson coax NIC that hasn’t been in business for a decade type of thing. Really popular old drivers stay for a loong time, like the floppy driver that just got removed last year. Nobody needing a modern kernel is using a floppy drive.
These aren’t printer drivers, but drivers for a Meson coax NIC that hasn’t been in business for a decade type of thing.
Really popular old drivers stay for a loong time, like the floppy driver that just got removed last year.
Nobody needing a modern kernel is using a floppy drive.