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From: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
To: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@baidu.com>,
davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de,
geert@linux-m68k.org, jgg@ziepe.ca
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: ethernet: Remove the 8390 network drivers
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 10:50:16 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <05a5ddb5-1c51-8679-60a3-a74e0688b72d@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210807145619.832-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com>
Cai,
a number of the 8390 drivers are still in active use on legacy
architectures. These drivers get occasional updates (not just bugfixes,
but support for 'new' network cards - I have a patch to add X-Surf 500
support somewhere in the pipline).
Removing the 8390 drivers would leave most m68k legacy systems without
networking support.
Unless there is a clear and compelling reason to do so, these drivers
should not be removed.
Cheers,
Michael
Am 08.08.2021 um 02:56 schrieb Cai Huoqing:
> commit <0cf445ceaf43> ("<netdev: Update status of 8390 based drivers>")
> indicated the 8390 network drivers as orphan/obsolete in Jan 2011,
> updated in the MAINTAINERS file.
>
> now, after being exposed for 10 years to refactoring and
> no one has become its maintainer for the past 10 years,
> so to remove the 8390 network drivers for good.
>
> additionally, 8390 is a kind of old ethernet chip based on
> ISA interface which is hard to find in the market.
>
> Cai Huoqing (2):
> net: ethernet: Remove the 8390 network drivers
> MAINTAINERS: Remove the 8390 network drivers info
>
> MAINTAINERS | 6 -
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/8390.c | 103 --
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/8390.h | 236 ----
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/8390p.c | 105 --
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Kconfig | 212 ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Makefile | 20 -
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/apne.c | 619 ---------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c | 1022 ---------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/axnet_cs.c | 1707 ------------------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/etherh.c | 856 -------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/hydra.c | 273 ----
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/lib8390.c | 1092 ----------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/mac8390.c | 848 ------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/mcf8390.c | 475 -------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ne.c | 1004 ---------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ne2k-pci.c | 747 -----------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c | 1708 -------------------------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/smc-ultra.c | 629 ---------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/stnic.c | 303 -----
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/wd.c | 574 ---------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/xsurf100.c | 377 ------
> drivers/net/ethernet/8390/zorro8390.c | 452 -------
> drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig | 1 -
> drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 -
> 24 files changed, 13370 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/8390.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/8390.h
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/8390p.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Kconfig
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Makefile
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/apne.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/axnet_cs.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/etherh.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/hydra.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/lib8390.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/mac8390.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/mcf8390.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ne.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ne2k-pci.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/smc-ultra.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/stnic.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/wd.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/xsurf100.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/zorro8390.c
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-07 22:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-07 14:56 [PATCH 0/2] net: ethernet: Remove the 8390 network drivers Cai Huoqing
2021-08-07 22:50 ` Michael Schmitz [this message]
2021-08-08 19:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-08-08 20:38 ` Michael Schmitz
2021-08-08 21:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-08-09 11:57 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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