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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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