Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.
From: Ondrej Zary <hidden>
Date: 2012-05-18 18:24:17
On Friday 18 May 2012 19:39:29 Paul Gortmaker wrote:
It was amusing that linux was able to make use of this 1980's technology on machines long past its intended lifespan, but it probably should go now -- it is causing issues in some distros[1], and while that might be fixable, it is just not worth it. [1] http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/3com-3c501-card- not-detecting-934344/
That looks like a bug elsewhere and removing this driver will not fix it. -- Ondrej Zary