Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
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Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
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Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#2that pee stained microsoft mouse is really sending this home
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#3that pee stained microsoft mouse is really sending this home
That's the next Apple Neo color for you.
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#4This is the kind of spring cleaning I crave. Deleting busted drivers that haven't worked in over a decade? Fantastic!
Some of this hardware likely has exactly zero users because the material it's made from can't possibly have survived. Look at the cord on the mouse in the photo: you might be able to plug it in, but I wouldn't bet money signal can still make it down the wire.
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#5Raises the question whether a bug in code that's never called actually exists ;)
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#6Raises the question whether a bug in code that's never called actually exists ;)
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#7Microkernels have lost the open kernel wars because of their speed problems, but this is a great example of a driver that should have been running in userspace a long time ago, just like how Windows has been moving in that direction.
Isn't Linux planning to do the same?
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#8This is the kind of spring cleaning I crave. Deleting busted drivers that haven't worked in over a decade? Fantastic! Some of this hardware likely has exactly zero users because the material it's made from can't possibly have survived. Look at the cord on the mouse in the photo: you might be able to plug it in, but I wouldn't bet money signal can still make it down the wire.
My bus mouse still works just fine; things built in the 80s tended to be pretty solid.
However, it would be hard pressed to find a machine with ISA slots with enough resources to run Linux 7.1 acceptably.
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#9If anyone is curious, here is the actual commit that removed the drivers: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...
Re: Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support
#10Raises the question whether a bug in code that's never called actually exists ;)
Code that is never normally used can sometimes still be gotten to run by an attacker, and therefore can still be a security risk.