Re: Reasons for keeping sc(4) and libvgl ?

From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:36:17 UTC
23.06.2022 22:26, Warner Losh wrote:

> Giant is being removed entirely, and with it all straggler drivers that aren't converted by the removal date.
> There's no fixed date for this, at the present time, but I'm about to commit changes that make it impossible
> for new code to reference Giant. Having Giant, at all, causes slow downs elsewhere in the system, which
> is why we're pushing to remove it entirely.

Why is it better to lose working code then to keep it "slow"?