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On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Robert Watson wrote:

> 16 February 2009	HEADS UP to lists (this e-mail)
> 01 March 2009		Disable build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in 8.x

Slightly delayed while USB NDIS was sorted out, I will be moving ahead with 
disabling the build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in HEAD later today.

> 01 April 2009		Remove all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers from 8.x

And this date is probably going to remain about the same.

Anyone who is interested is welcome to step in and update/fix drivers on the 
removal path at any time, and drivers can also be restored later easily if 
drivers are updated outside the tree as well.

Thanks,

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge