petsoi to Linux@lemmy.ml · 22 hours agoLinux 6.13 Staging Clears Out 107k Lines Of Code From Old & Unmaintained Driverswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down11cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·19 hours agoHeads will roll if my LS-120 drive stops working!
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoI was devastated when I couldn’t use my floppy drives anymore.
minus-squarebitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoThe Software Publishers Association has finally won: It is no longer possible to copy that floppy. :-(
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours agoIs there somewhere to get these drivers if you want to run really old hardware?
minus-squareLavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoSomeone could publish them as dynamic kernel modules.
minus-squareNilz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·17 hours agoRunning an older kernel isn’t an option? Otherwise compiling your own kernel with the drivers should be possible I assume.
Heads will roll if my LS-120 drive stops working!
I was devastated when I couldn’t use my floppy drives anymore.
The Software Publishers Association has finally won:
It is no longer possible to copy that floppy. :-(
Is there somewhere to get these drivers if you want to run really old hardware?
Someone could publish them as dynamic kernel modules.
Running an older kernel isn’t an option? Otherwise compiling your own kernel with the drivers should be possible I assume.