From: Byron Stanoszek <gandalf@winds.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 00/18] Remove a number of ISA and PCMCIA Ethernet drivers
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:44:11 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <71d319ef-cd49-e8a8-70dd-cf0763ac6305@winds.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v1-0-69517c689d1f@lunn.ch>
On Tue, 21 Apr 2026, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> These old drivers have not been much of a Maintenance burden until
> recently. Now there are more newbies using AI and fuzzers finding
> issues, resulting in more work for Maintainers. Fixing these old
> drivers make little sense, if it is not clear they have users.
>
> drivers: net: 3com: 3c59x: Remove this driver
Hi Andrew,
I happen to still use this driver on several hundred industrial PC
installations that were outfitted with 3com 3C905-B & CX cards 15+ years ago.
The old hardware still runs, therefore those cards haven't needed to be
replaced. I keep these systems up to date with the latest Linux kernel roughly
once per year.
I understand the maintenance burden, but I would be delighted to continue
receiving bug fixes for this driver via the mainline Linux kernel if you are
still willing to continue to support it.
Thanks and best regards,
-Byron
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 19:31 [PATCH net 00/18] Remove a number of ISA and PCMCIA Ethernet drivers Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 01/18] drivers: net: 3com: 3c509: Remove this driver Andrew Lunn
2026-04-23 23:10 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 02/18] drivers: net: 3com: 3c515: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 03/18] drivers: net: 3com: 3c574: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 04/18] drivers: net: 3com: 3c589: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 05/18] drivers: net: 3com: 3c59x: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 06/18] drivers: net: amd: Remove hplance and mvme147 Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 21:38 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-04-22 12:50 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-22 7:37 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 07/18] drivers: net: amd: lance: Remove this driver Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 08/18] drivers: net: amd: nmclan: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 09/18] drivers: net: smsc: smc9194: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 10/18] drivers: net: smsc: smc91c92: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 11/18] drivers: net: cirrus: cs89x0: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-22 7:31 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-22 12:13 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-22 12:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 12/18] drivers: net: cirrus: mac89x0: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 21:34 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-04-22 7:36 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 13/18] drivers: net: fujitsu: fmvj18x: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 14/18] drivers: net: xircom: xirc2ps: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 15/18] drivers: net: 8390: AX88190: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 16/18] drivers: net: 8390: pcnet: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 17/18] drivers: net: 8390: ultra: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:31 ` [PATCH net 18/18] drivers: net: 8390: wd80x3: " Andrew Lunn
2026-04-21 19:53 ` [PATCH net 00/18] Remove a number of ISA and PCMCIA Ethernet drivers Andrew Lunn
2026-04-22 1:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-21 20:44 ` Byron Stanoszek [this message]
2026-04-21 22:30 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-22 3:03 ` Byron Stanoszek
2026-04-22 12:11 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-22 15:19 ` Byron Stanoszek
2026-04-21 22:03 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-04-22 9:13 ` David Laight
2026-04-22 9:33 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-04-23 2:44 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-22 5:42 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2026-04-22 7:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-22 10:45 ` Finn Thain
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