Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2004 19:55 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 10:12:19AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2004 02:05 schrieb David T Hollis:
> > > This is a long overdue patch to pull out the standalone ax8817x.o driver
> > > from 2.4. All functionality is in the usbnet driver which is
> > > considerably more stable.
> >
> > You want to remove a driver from a stable kernel series?
>
> Why not? The hotplug subsystem will handle automatically loading the
> driver if the device is found, so I don't think any users will even
> notice. If David doesn't want the code around anymore, that's his call.
So what? Kernels are supposed to be seamlessly upgradeable. You are
breaking working, legal systems for no good reason.
The hotplug system is _not_ mandatory. Hotplug will cure it is not an
answer.
Regards
Oliver
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