petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 28 days agoLinux 6.13 Staging Clears Out 107k Lines Of Code From Old & Unmaintained Driverswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1193cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1193external-linkLinux 6.13 Staging Clears Out 107k Lines Of Code From Old & Unmaintained Driverswww.phoronix.competsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 28 days agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareEvilschnuff@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·27 days agoThis is from the article: „If there are any genuine users of these drivers remaining that are still running an upstream kernel, the drivers can always be reverted / merged back but otherwise they are gone without anyone maintaining them.“
minus-squareflashgnash@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoAll well and good for people who know how to do that A lot of users won’t even know what a kernel is let alone why their printer has stopped working or that they need to raise a GitHub issue
minus-squareSMillerNL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·27 days agoYou’re very mistaken if you think the kernel in your IoT device ever got updated beyond what it shipped with.
This is from the article: „If there are any genuine users of these drivers remaining that are still running an upstream kernel, the drivers can always be reverted / merged back but otherwise they are gone without anyone maintaining them.“
All well and good for people who know how to do that
A lot of users won’t even know what a kernel is let alone why their printer has stopped working or that they need to raise a GitHub issue
You’re very mistaken if you think the kernel in your IoT device ever got updated beyond what it shipped with.
The truth hurts.