From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethernet: neterion: s2io: remove unused driver
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:56:07 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260127155607.3f80ec99@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2601270110590.40317@angie.orcam.me.uk>
On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:19:34 +0000 (GMT) Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> > highly unlikely that this driver is still being used. Remove the
> > driver, and move the former maintainer to the CREDITS file (restoring
> > credit for the vxge driver, which was removed in commit f05643a0f60b
> > ("eth: remove neterion/vxge").
>
> How do you know it's not used?
Hard to prove a negative and whatnot.
We deleted the vxge which I think(?) was for a newer version of this HW
3+ years ago and nobody complained.
> What's the gain from removing a driver unless say it's broken and
> does not build?
People keep sending cleanups and fixes for these old drivers.
It takes time to review that stuff.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-27 23:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-26 3:08 [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethernet: neterion: s2io: remove unused driver Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-01-27 1:19 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-27 23:56 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-01-29 3:55 ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-01-29 13:44 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-29 13:42 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-29 5:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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