LANCE ethernet chip - ~24 drivers
Jan-Benedict Glaw
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That are *many* drivers for at least *one* chip. For now, I'm working to get a serial keyboard running. However - having more than 20 drivers for one kind of device sucks a lot. So
One has to wonder. I was looking at 1.2.13 and there is mention of splitting a driver, I forget which one, because there are two bits with reversed sense in later versions of a card.
This raises a question about open source. How do you aknowledge code removal? Given a system at some level of existing functionality, removing code is one of the best things you can do for it, but it doesn't get your name anywhere that sticks. Maybe Linux needs a linux/NO_MAINTENANCE .
Rick Hohensee
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This raises a question about open source. How do you aknowledge code removal? Given a system at some level of existing functionality, removing code is one of the best things you can do for it, but it doesn't get your name anywhere that sticks. Maybe Linux needs a linux/NO_MAINTENANCE .
What about TOP-DELETERS sorted by the numbers of lines each one has axed?
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Quoted 3 lines · Rick Hohensee
One has to wonder. I was looking at 1.2.13 and there is mention of splitting a driver, I forget which one, because there are two bits with reversed sense in later versions of a card.
Hmm, forking a driver due to a two-bit difference is a nonsense IMHO.
Now you have two separate drivers with code updates happening in one of them only each time.
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