petsoi to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoLinux 6.13 Staging Clears Out 107k Lines Of Code From Old & Unmaintained Driverswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down11cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 month agoHeads will roll if my LS-120 drive stops working!
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoIs there somewhere to get these drivers if you want to run really old hardware?
minus-squareNilz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 month agoRunning an older kernel isn’t an option? Otherwise compiling your own kernel with the drivers should be possible I assume.
minus-squareLavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoSomeone could publish them as dynamic kernel modules.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoI was devastated when I couldn’t use my floppy drives anymore.
minus-squarebitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoThe Software Publishers Association has finally won: It is no longer possible to copy that floppy. :-(
Heads will roll if my LS-120 drive stops working!
Is there somewhere to get these drivers if you want to run really old hardware?
Running an older kernel isn’t an option? Otherwise compiling your own kernel with the drivers should be possible I assume.
Someone could publish them as dynamic kernel modules.
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. :-(