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Linux 7.2 Drops Ancient PROFIBUS Driver: Ported From SCO Unix In 1998, Unused For Years (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

PROFIBUS is the Process Field Bus as a digital communication protocol commonly used for industrial automation. [..] This driver hasn't seen much activity since the Linux 2.1~2.2 days.

This is probably still uses somewhere. Industrial systems have longer lifetime than personal computers.

Those systems probably use older kernels, and vendors can volonteer if they want to maintain the driver. If no vendor do, then removing the driver seems reasonable.

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh it absolutely is still in use, I've seen it myself.