[PATCH net 0/5] ethernet: 3c509: Bring driver back and make some fixes
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Date: 2026-05-20 11:18:52
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Hi,
As per the previous discussions[1][2] this patch series brings the 3c509
driver back. Picking up net rather than net-next as I consider it a fix
to accidental removal and so that any downstream users do not suffer from
disruption when using released kernels.
In the course of making the coding style changes requested I have come
across an actual bug in transceiver type selection code, where the old
setting is not masked out before ORing in the new one, causing no change
to be actually made in a requested transition from BNC to AUI. I guess
this code must have been executed exceedingly rarely, as it's always been
wrong ever since it was added in 2.5.42 back in 2002.
Therefore I find it not worth backporting to stable branches, however for
the sake of appropriateness, in case someone downstream does want to have
the fix, I chose to apply it second in the series, right after the actual
revert and before code clean-ups.
The remaining patches of the series should be obvious; see the respective
commit descriptions for details.
Please apply.
References:
[1] "drivers: net: 3com: 3c509: Remove this driver",
<https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.2604240004280.28583@angie.orcam.me.uk/ (local)>.
[2] "MAINTAINERS: Add self for the 3c509 network driver",
<https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.2604271056460.28583@angie.orcam.me.uk/ (local)>.
Maciej