The floppy disk orphaned by Linux

Re:The floppy disk orphaned by Linux by Wowfunhappy on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:18PM (#20537039)

What does "orphaned" mean in this context? Was the code removed from the kernel? Still in the kernel, but no one knows if it works?

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Re:The floppy disk orphaned by Linux by smacktoward on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:19PM (#20537055)

Still there, but no longer actively maintained. It's "orphaned" in the sense that it doesn't have anybody there to care for it.

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Re:The floppy disk orphaned by Linux by dfeojm-zlib on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:20PM (#20537072)

Not removed, just quasi-deprecated and no maintainer.

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Re:The floppy disk orphaned by Linux by birbbarker on Friday July 26, 2019 @03:24PM (#20537620)

So who'll volunteer as tribute? Someone must be able/want to?

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Re:The floppy disk orphaned by Linux by jotm on Friday July 26, 2019 @03:33PM (#20537692)

Why? The hardware has been "stable" for about 2 decades now. I reckon you'd have more trouble with the IDE/USB interface drivers these days. God knows connecting an old LPT CNC machine to a modern computer proved ridiculously hard - ended up just using a very old laptop with an integrated LPT port/controller :D

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Re:The floppy disk orphaned by Linux by sp332 on Saturday July 27, 2019 @09:52AM (#20542026)

I don't think it's about new features or anything, but running regular regression tests to make sure that changes elsewhere in the kernel don't break it.

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