@Aissen@social.treehouse.systems
Post #2231456
2026-04-23 15:26 UTC
@hyeyoo@social.kernel.org @axboe@fosstodon.org @ljs@mastodonapp.uk @vbabka@mastodon.social @gregkh@social.kernel.org I was mostly commenting on the context of network drivers being removed. A modern distro kernel ships those old unmaintained drivers and would allow retro-computing with 3com 3c589 card. Maybe the term isn't well chosen, but Linux got the reputation of having so many drivers, maintained for so long. But every good thing must come to an end.
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@axboe@fosstodon.org 2026-04-23 15:27
@Aissen@social.treehouse.systems @hyeyoo@social.kernel.org @ljs@mastodonapp.uk @vbabka@mastodon.social @gregkh@social.kernel.org The retro argument is quite typical. Someone should setup a retro tree and maintain it, those drivers and nommu (and 486 support!) can live there. There's zero reason to keep purely retro support in the kernel imho - if it hasn't been sold in products in decades, it need not be in the mainline tree.