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=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham 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 C2010C4646D for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A8921A56 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="W++yPtxZ" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 79A8921A56 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1733263AbeHFSbo (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2018 14:31:44 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:58088 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732552AbeHFSbn (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2018 14:31:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=mY6N3i18Md8e7Exm6+Y+fP+dGAmHF4nb1uxOP7DEhrM=; b=W++yPtxZskQ2Qc8Zq+fsXGS1X 1YRr+/aaxDRpIqnWtp4e+blb7i60Z596KutBw7rlXM/BnKWpcFlYNtHnMwJiyLAyk5hFXVlEKa5bf IOVACohfFaMbVSyjDSCwtatTK3XLnON3L6KyAQBegRJHXRnGwM7pZxfYiGDSRGjqP5MLuO9w2C+7m tFcLfFKFF8a/jE12Cw6a/X1XQxIa2eKEFcGKhRBj1Lw5XSgzqpkbJO7k6zjz08SOQ1aNIHVzAANGg DBLnNu/1RRPtePlNwMNu6P+G0AXxskQC4lYG3MQf9Ua0T0lepdeH+kzDIit5TYIZHsCorPS8dBmt/ c6mE6lHYw==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1fmiGX-0007Pt-Iw; Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:21:53 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 09:21:53 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Petr Oros Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, ivecera@redhat.com, Sathya Perla , Ajit Khaparde , Sriharsha Basavapatna , Somnath Kotur , "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use Kconfig flag to remove support of deprecated BE2/BE3 adapters Message-ID: <20180806162153.GA22040@infradead.org> References: <20180806121230.23690-1-poros@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180806121230.23690-1-poros@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 02:12:28PM +0200, Petr Oros wrote: > Add flags to remove support of deprecated BE2/BE3 adapters. > BE2 disable will reduce .ko size by 2kb and BE3 by 3kb. > Disable both will reduce .ko size by 9kb. > > With dissabled support is also removed coresponding PCI IDs > and codepath with [BE2|BE3|BEx]_chip checks. deprecated seems like a really odd world for hardware. Are they just old? Did they never ship in large numbers? If you just make some cards optional why not also add options for families of newer cards for those who only have the older ones in their systems?