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[222.152.189.37]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b15sm17880465pgj.60.2021.08.07.15.50.18 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: ethernet: Remove the 8390 network drivers To: Cai Huoqing , davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, geert@linux-m68k.org, jgg@ziepe.ca References: <20210807145619.832-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Michael Schmitz Message-ID: <05a5ddb5-1c51-8679-60a3-a74e0688b72d@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 10:50:16 +1200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux ppc; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210807145619.832-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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> ("") > 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 >