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Cobwebby files in the kernel tree

The following files, all present in the 5.15 kernel, have not been changed since they were first checked into the initial Git repository prior to the 2.6.12 release in 2005.

include/video/maxinefb.h 
include/video/cvisionppc.h
include/linux/user.h
include/linux/sunrpc/gss_asn1.h
include/math-emu/quad.h
include/math-emu/single.h
include/math-emu/double.h
include/math-emu/op-4.h
include/math-emu/op-8.h
include/math-emu/op-1.h
arch/ia64/scripts/check-gas-asm.S
arch/ia64/scripts/check-model.c
arch/ia64/scripts/check-serialize.S
arch/m68k/hp300/hp300map.map
arch/m68k/hp300/reboot.S
arch/m68k/hp300/README.hp300
arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_cond.S
arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_scan.S
arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_trig.h
arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_movem.S
arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_trig.c
arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_move.S
arch/m68k/fpsp040/README
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ftest.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fpsp.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fplsp.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/itest.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/isp.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ilsp.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/pfpsp.sa
arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/README-SRC
arch/parisc/math-emu/README
arch/parisc/nm
sound/isa/sb/sbawe.c
sound/isa/gus/interwave-stb.c
sound/isa/opti9xx/opti92x-cs4231.c
sound/isa/opti9xx/opti93x.c
sound/pci/ens1371.c
drivers/video/logo/logo_parisc_clut224.ppm
drivers/video/logo/clut_vga16.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_sun_clut224.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_superh_vga16.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_mac_clut224.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_mono.pbm
drivers/video/logo/logo_superh_clut224.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_sgi_clut224.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_dec_clut224.ppm
drivers/video/logo/logo_superh_mono.pbm
drivers/block/paride/ppc6lnx.c
drivers/block/paride/Transition-notes
drivers/pcmcia/tcic.h
drivers/pcmcia/vg468.h
drivers/parport/BUGS-parport
drivers/parport/TODO-parport
drivers/scsi/dpt/osd_defs.h
drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_io.h
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_93cx6.h
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/scsi_iu.h
drivers/scsi/nsp32_io.h
drivers/input/keyboard/hpps2atkbd.h
drivers/net/LICENSE.SRC
drivers/net/wan/wanxlfw.inc_shipped
scripts/mod/empty.c
net/llc/llc_s_ev.c
net/decnet/README
Documentation/s390/config3270.sh
Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx_2
Documentation/scsi/LICENSE.FlashPoint
Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ips
fs/qnx4/README
fs/hfs/part_tbl.c
fs/hostfs/Makefile


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Cobwebby files in the kernel tree

Posted Nov 1, 2021 21:36 UTC (Mon) by dvdeug (guest, #10998) [Link]

Bug found in first file looked at: net/decnet/README mentions now nonexistant http://www.chygwyn.com/DECnet/ . Web Archive shows that it was dead at the 2.6.12 release. It could be replaced by https://web.archive.org/web/20041208234747/http://www.chy..., but that should probably be grabbed; it's all under the GFDL (thank the writers), so it could be stuck somewhere else instead of just using an ugly web.archive.org link. (Yeah, this is not the place for bug reports. Someone with time, energy, and/or experience with the Linux kernel community want to send it upstream?)

The files under arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ are a more annoying case, as they're marginally free software. The .sa files are preassembled code, from the assembly that's in some format GAS, and probably any free software assembler, can't accept. I don't know if the assembly that comes along with it has been changed cosmetically or why it doesn't show up on this list, but the .sa files haven't changed in part because as a practical matter, nobody can, short of translating the assembly to a useful format, writing a new parser for GAS, or just making (effectively) binary changes to the (ASCII-encoded binary) .sa files.


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