From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756511AbXH1HTQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:19:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752255AbXH1HTE (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:19:04 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:50095 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751559AbXH1HTD (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:19:03 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:08:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org given that "ether=" has been officially obsolete since 2.6.18 (replaced by "netdev="), is there any reason to keep it around? or can it be blasted? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================