Re: [2.6 patch] mark the mcd cdrom driver as BROKEN

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Adrian,

> The mcd driver drives only very old hardware (some single and double 
> speed CD drives that were connected either via the soundcard or a 
> special ISA card), and the mcdx driver offers more functionality for
> the  same hardware.
> 
> My plan is to mark MCD as broken in 2.6.11 and if noone complains 
> completely remove this driver some time later.
> (...)
> -	depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI
> +	depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI && BROKEN

Shouldn't we introduce a DEPRECATED option for use in cases like this
one?

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare
http://khali.linux-fr.org/
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