Re: [PATCH] m68k: remove six unused headers

Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-06-12T07:24:10Z

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com> wrote:
>>> Although mcfne.h has been unused for a while I am working on some patches
>>> that do use it. No problem for the others.
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, that should become mcf8390.h, as "NE2000" means
>> "NE2000-compatible 8390-based Ethernet"? Cfr. the mac8390 and zorro8390
>> discussions in the previous millennium.
>
>
> I guess I missed those :-(
> I think I see from the code for those under ~/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/
> what this may have been about though.
>
> Interestingly one of the ColdFire platforms (the Arnewsh 5206 board)
> really did have an ISA NE2000 card fitted to it. Most of the follow
> ons that where similar use a Davicom/9000.

If it's a real ISA NE2000 card, you ISA bus support instead of a special
driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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