| Message ID | 20230505082704.16228-4-bagasdotme@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | dc395x stale reference cleanup | expand |
Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org> writes: > On Fri, 5 May 2023, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > >> The 2.4 driver link returns 404. > > It's still potentially useful: > https://web.archive.org/web/20140129181343/http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc395/ > >> As no one runs 2.4 kernel anymore, > > Would it make a difference if someone does run that? Were you planning to > delete the source code for the 2.4 kernel too? Most of the 2.4 code has indeed been deleted *from current kernels*. It's not clear to me why 2.4 documentation should be immune to that same process. If we keep every 20-year-old reference, our docs will be even cruftier and less useful than they are now. Thanks, jon
On 05.05.23 15:34, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org> writes: > >> On Fri, 5 May 2023, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: >> Would it make a difference if someone does run that? Were you planning to >> delete the source code for the 2.4 kernel too? > > Most of the 2.4 code has indeed been deleted *from current kernels*. > It's not clear to me why 2.4 documentation should be immune to that same > process. If we keep every 20-year-old reference, our docs will be even > cruftier and less useful than they are now. Hi, the documentation of a kernel should document that kernel. Now, we have a perfectly fine tool named "git" which allows for metadocumentation. May I suggest that you respin the patch and include a link to the old stuff, which somebody has been nice enough to find, in the change log? Regards Oliver
On 5/9/23 15:55, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Hi, > > the documentation of a kernel should document that kernel. > > Now, we have a perfectly fine tool named "git" which allows > for metadocumentation. May I suggest that you respin the patch > and include a link to the old stuff, which somebody has been > nice enough to find, in the change log? > OK, thanks!
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/dc395x.rst b/Documentation/scsi/dc395x.rst index c413b629809bcd..a6320561543650 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/dc395x.rst +++ b/Documentation/scsi/dc395x.rst @@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ be safe to use. Testing with hard disks has not been done to any great degree and caution should be exercised if you want to attempt to use this driver with hard disks. -This is a 2.5 only driver. For a 2.4 driver please see the original -driver (which this driver started from) at -http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc395/ - Problems, questions and patches should be submitted to the `Linux SCSI mailing list <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>`_.
The 2.4 driver link returns 404. As no one runs 2.4 kernel anymore, remove the stale reference. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> --- Documentation/scsi/dc395x.rst | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)