# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2012-05-19 22:35:54 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/05/10895703
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/05/10895643/t.md

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From: Alan Cox <redacted>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:30:38 +0100

> However I don't think this is the right way to tackle the ethernet
> history situation. As with MCA we should pull *all* the real historical
> interest only bits in one go so it's immediately obvious where the
> break point is for all devices.

I don't think ISA is ever going to be something we can completely
eradicate.

Bits of ISA'ness show up everywhere, from random PC southbridges
to specialized busses shipped on 64-bit sparcs for 8-bit devices
like floppies and serial ports.

Therefore, unlike MCA, ISA is more of a kind of entity we'll have to
eradicate piecemeal I think.
```