From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16568C432BE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 11:57:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4C761052 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 11:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234676AbhHIL55 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2021 07:57:57 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-f49.google.com ([209.85.222.49]:33538 "EHLO mail-ua1-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231478AbhHIL54 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2021 07:57:56 -0400 Received: by mail-ua1-f49.google.com with SMTP id x21so2890446uau.0; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:57:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=VBNbNuQv/m4wBsB08WozEoy/8Rk+r8DMYH5TxndeZhY=; b=uNRpKs/L6A0ZSgbczLf/GV/I0ZkBzXF8D1FbdljfXN9eAhElpEzrl/Y/jn1V0wj+/B NML0N8WdgSIOJWtOBvzRzMPKxwcNSQ4R3ZmRQ9yUCRrojoDpjkkINuuzKnks8ii98yGG yCu6+e0yFvy9uB9lmjSI/VbPurwilBFIqYzve71LE02Qnd+BToehESwOq3RTyOZDIO06 0OYdzcwtuZ1Pdn42aQK2t2338g9OhyX4yxFxUSR7hzR60A3ee9WOHf/67GnoeVOgF2vf ZQkqouhZBwut2Vi1vpMvgxDOnW7eXoGuGNl7TbL62WddCKQhqzZDKGZzx6qIpSA1V/r+ GiNQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531arvnZ6m4ExZGVNknIhMHM5iAC44O2SE0HolpraVE4hSlE1NkK xwQKjUlvT0ahx2jEVgxMsAe6B2SdfUguNLNjO6E= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwOCjf/9mPFdoWJ6Xb7pANJTPsyeXf35S+1hqASqv8jKlv95vcogQkNOp4yKI7NSjf5sFnOy0vGeDmOVJus4AE= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:6710:: with SMTP id q16mr14937054uam.106.1628510255863; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:57:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210807145619.832-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> <05a5ddb5-1c51-8679-60a3-a74e0688b72d@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <05a5ddb5-1c51-8679-60a3-a74e0688b72d@gmail.com> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:57:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: ethernet: Remove the 8390 network drivers To: Michael Schmitz Cc: Cai Huoqing , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , Arnd Bergmann , Jason Gunthorpe , netdev , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 12:50 AM Michael Schmitz wrote: > a number of the 8390 drivers are still in active use on legacy > architectures. These drivers get occasional updates (not just bugfixes, Exactly. > but support for 'new' network cards - I have a patch to add X-Surf 500 > support somewhere in the pipline). According to the picture on [1], the X-Surf 500 is from 2018. The ASIX AX88796B[2] it is based on seems to be readily available, so new designs may still use the "obsolete" 8390. [1] https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/produkt-details/product/x-surf-500.html [2] https://www.asix.com.tw/en/product/EmbeddedEthernet/1-Port_Ethernet/AX88796B > Am 08.08.2021 um 02:56 schrieb Cai Huoqing: > > commit <0cf445ceaf43> ("") > > 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. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds