From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from winds.org (winds.org [68.75.195.9]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB1232470F; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:19:41 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=68.75.195.9 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776871183; cv=none; b=uSRPiZBrcxJe8+D9AScpj9IMapXdKra/H9nSwQy3rPLDSLg0hA7MJqZCq8ZvGfwNEINj1AaGDQONhuPwAPAgfLZpsVbI5/t81QNdr2c6kfPqeu0zuseOh8dOozqMzZX8dG4N+VVngNsGMOkDUByOv4wrDdpOdkguWSL29xWeA70= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776871183; c=relaxed/simple; bh=n5AnSYUIJdNciSqw0JFqdXr9t6s/FxzrTVOnpRgJ7Qo=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ZTAd8Y4TEJ+AXNy0EfCN68MIBJKpin/aCl02wCKvCqexyNSdFw736BChGCHs2C9AEfClfZor//U/6wH6Gv8IxFKxvnuD5uAhuHx6deXtmQCtMbsfoQCCY1pqWNjXih+r64knSL4q9H7mjrineBSD0WZDV0k3PnuFXQ7nu/P3H6s= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=winds.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=winds.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=68.75.195.9 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=winds.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=winds.org Received: by winds.org (Postfix, from userid 100) id E2E5F8F95F80; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:19:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winds.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C7013369000; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:19:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:19:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Byron Stanoszek To: Andrew Lunn cc: Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , 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 In-Reply-To: <41d9fe43-9aa5-49b4-89cd-9aa13e4e4ea9@lunn.ch> Message-ID: References: <20260421-v7-0-0-net-next-driver-removal-v1-v1-0-69517c689d1f@lunn.ch> <71d319ef-cd49-e8a8-70dd-cf0763ac6305@winds.org> <9a0bc592-fb74-f646-1752-4359c0ac31a2@polinggroup.com> <41d9fe43-9aa5-49b4-89cd-9aa13e4e4ea9@lunn.ch> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed On Wed, 22 Apr 2026, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:03:28PM -0400, Byron Stanoszek wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Apr 2026, Andrew Lunn wrote: >>> >>> Could you live with v6.18, which has an expected EOL of December 2028? >>> If you are only updating once per year, security is not an issue, you >>> just want stability. >> >> I could for the time being, but this hasn't worked for me in the past. >> Usually what happens is the PC breaks down, and the customer swaps in a new >> backplane+SBC and moves all their PCI cards over. I then find I need to >> update the kernel just to get the Intel DRM to work properly on the new CPU. >> Some of these systems were installed back in the Linux 2.6 era, so I've gone >> through several "Intel DRM not working" steps ever since CPUs started >> getting integrated graphics. 2028 will come fast. > > Hi Byron > > I will drop this driver from the patchset. Andrew, Thank you very much. -Byron