Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi! > > Thomas suggested that it may be nice to create some form of a record > for drivers which were retired from the tree. I think a code-centric > equivalent of CREDITS could be a good idea. > > Does such a record already exist somewhere? If not any thoughts on > creating a file storing (Kconfig, short description, commit which > removed the driver)? E.g. > > > K: DMASCC > D: Hamradio high-speed (DMA) SCC driver for AX.25. Driver supported > D: Ottawa PI/PI2, Paccomm/Gracilis D: PackeTwin, and S5SCC/DMA boards. > C: 865e2eb08f51 So what is the purpose for this file? And more to the point, I guess: is there a need for it to be strictly machine-readable? If the objective is to remember our history to minimize our chances of repeating it, something more prose-oriented might work better. Thanks, jon
