From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] pcnet32: remove VLB support
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 18:04:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109180443.GO345651@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260107071831.32895-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 11:18:31PM -0800, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> This allows the code managing device instances to be simplified
> significantly. The VLB bus is very obsolete and last appeared on
> P5 Pentium-era hardware. Support for it has been removed from
> other drivers, and it is highly unlikely anyone is using it with
> modern Linux kernels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Hi Ethan,
I don't think this driver has received much attention for some time.
So, unless you have hardware to test changes on, I would suggest
either leaving it alone or, if we suspect there are no users,
removing it.
...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-07 7:18 [PATCH net-next] pcnet32: remove VLB support Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-01-09 18:04 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-01-11 0:40 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-12 22:09 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2026-01-15 17:08 ` Simon Horman
2026-01-15 17:07 ` Simon Horman
2026-01-15 21:28 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-15 22:29 ` David Laight
2026-01-15 22:40 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-25 7:22 ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
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