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| From | Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: AI Is Killing Some Legacy Hardware Support |
| Date | 2026-04-26 08:59 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10skglm$1ej2r$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2026-04-26, Marc Haber wrote: > Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>On 2026-04-24, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> >>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: >>>> On 24 Apr 2026 08:35:51 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> As a result, the Linux development community has decided that, to >>>>>> maintain its sanity, they have to start dropping those old drivers >>>>>> completely from the mainline kernel. >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-may-be-ending- >>>> support-for-older-network-drivers-due-to-influx-of-false-ai-generated-bug- >>>> reports-maintenance-has-become-too-burdensome-for-old-largely-unused- >>>> systems> >>>>> >>>>> Yikes, and I see as well as network drivers they're starting the process >>>>> of dropping PCMCIA support: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Drops-Old-PCMCIA-Code >>>> >>>> I have a laptop that uses PCMCIA -- a 1995 Compaq Concerto >>> >>> At the linked page the proponent says themselves "PCMCIA is almost >>> completely obsolete (the last computers supporting it natively were >>> from ~2009)". The late 2000s laptop I run Devuan on has PCMCIA. The >>> early 2000s laptop I'm posting from now has PCMCIA too, though I >>> don't try to run a current Linux distro on it anymore. I've got a >>> stack of PCMCIA cards within reach and they can still be purchased >>> new. The ethernet card in the stack is a Xircom one which I just >>> confirmed uses the xirc2ps driver proposed for removal at the link >>> in the Tom's Hardware post. If 2009 is too old for the Linux devs >>> then Linux isn't for me anymore. Stuff 'em, I liked Linux because I >>> didn't need to worry about this sort of thing. The BSDs have the >>> same price tag so it's time to check them out. >> >>Sigh. My main laptop has PCMCIA, and I make use of it for a sane WLAN >>experience... > > You can probably get a twice as fast machine for a hundred euros. And then it will meet a similar fate when some other technology or hardware it uses is dropped by Linux? If I wanted that kind of treatment, I'd still be using Windows. Sure, there may be cases where such an upgrade is possible, money available, but this really sounds like a warning sign. -- Nuno Silva
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Re: AI Is Killing Some Legacy Hardware Support rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-29 03:42 +0000
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