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* Re: [PATCH] mark sk98lin driver for removal
@ 2006-08-15 13:18 Michael Stone
  2006-08-15 18:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
  2006-09-21 22:39 ` [PATCH] skge: fiber support Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Michael Stone @ 2006-08-15 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: shemminger

Hopefully the skge driver will be updated to support everything the 
sk98lin driver does before it is removed. Among other things, I don't 
see any documentation for the skge driver similar to that for the 
sk98lin driver. Is there some driver option to use both ports of a dual 
port card, as there was for the sk98lin module?

I tried testing the skge driver on one system and got this in dmesg:

skge 0000:03:0c.0: unsupported phy type 0x0
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:0c.0 disabled
skge: probe of 0000:03:0c.0 failed with error -95

the sk98lin driver says:

eth0: SysKonnect SK-NET Gigabit Ethernet Adapter SK-9843 SX
      PrefPort:A  RlmtMode:Check Link State

Mike Stone

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* [PATCH] mark sk98lin driver for removal
@ 2006-07-22 21:11 Stephen Hemminger
  2006-07-22 23:17 ` Dave Jones
  2006-07-29  4:35 ` Jeff Garzik
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2006-07-22 21:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: netdev

The sk98lin driver is now superseded by the skge driver. I wanted to just
let the old driver wither and die from old age, but there are still bugs
that are too painful to fix.

See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6780
The board crashes repeatedly after 2 weeks. It probably is something
in the vendor MIB code. That code is a mess, and starting over was one
of the motivations for creating the skge driver.

So rather than add more bondo to the old beater to cover the rusty bits,
throw it in the dustbin.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.or

--- skge.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ skge/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -258,3 +258,10 @@ Why:	These drivers never compiled since 
 Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:   sk98lin network driver
+When:   January 2007
+Why:    replaced by the skge driver
+Who:    Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
+
+---------------------------
--- skge.orig/MAINTAINERS
+++ skge/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2677,6 +2677,10 @@ L:	sdhci-devel@list.drzeus.cx
 W:	http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Linux/Drivers/sdhci
 S:	Maintained
 
+SK98LIN GIGABBIT ETHERNET DRIVER
+L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Obsolete
+
 SKGE, SKY2 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVERS
 P:	Stephen Hemminger
 M:	shemminger@osdl.org

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2006-08-15 13:18 [PATCH] mark sk98lin driver for removal Michael Stone
2006-08-15 18:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-15 18:42   ` Michael Stone
2006-08-17 15:21     ` Michael Stone
2006-09-21 22:39 ` [PATCH] skge: fiber support Stephen Hemminger
2006-09-23  0:16   ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-24  4:25     ` [PATCH] skge: fiber support (rebased) Stephen Hemminger
2006-09-26  0:04       ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-26 15:45   ` [PATCH] skge: fiber support Michael Stone
2006-09-27 17:26     ` Michael Stone
2006-09-27 17:34       ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-09-27 17:59         ` Michael Stone
2006-09-27 18:02           ` Stephen Hemminger
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2006-07-22 21:11 [PATCH] mark sk98lin driver for removal Stephen Hemminger
2006-07-22 23:17 ` Dave Jones
2006-07-23  2:17   ` John W. Linville
2006-07-29  4:35 ` Jeff Garzik

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