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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: AI Is Killing Some Legacy Hardware Support
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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> On 4/22/26 19:55, Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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>
> 
>   Hmmm ...
> 
>   Well, IF distro makers keep them around, installed
>   by users as-needed .....

Once they're out of the kernel code, they can't be built as
optional modules for distro packages either, unless they're
reworked to build separately or patched back into the kernel.

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