The Linux kernel’s floppy driver dates again to the unique days of the kernel again in 1991 and remains to be being maintained thirty years later with the occasional repair.

Considerably surprisingly, a patch was despatched in to the Linux kernel’s block subsystem forward of the Linux 5.12 merge window across the floppy code.

I imply, floppies are superior and I’m certain there’s tons of older machines on the market – particularly in company settings – which are nonetheless rocking a floppy drive for backwards compatibility causes. May as nicely preserve the code as much as snuff.