Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 6 authors, 2022-05-27

Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: de4x5: remove support for Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2022-05-21 03:00:32
Also in: linux-doc, linux-mips, linuxppc-dev

On Wed, 2022-05-18 at 20:13 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
Looks like almost all changes to this driver had been tree-wide
refactoring since git era begun. There is one commit from Al
15 years ago which could potentially be fixing a real bug.

The driver is using virt_to_bus() and is a real magnet for pointless
cleanups. It seems unlikely to have real users. Let's try to shed
this maintenance burden.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Removing this driver will kill support for some rather old PowerMac
models (some PowerBooks I think, paulus would know). No objection on my
part, though. I doubt people still use these things with new kernels
but ... who knows ? :-)

Cheers,
Ben.
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