From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750809AbVKSUnW (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:43:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750817AbVKSUnW (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:43:22 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:50693 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750802AbVKSUnV (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:43:21 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:43:20 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Mark Lord Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, tulip-users@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove drivers/net/tulip/xircom_tulip_cb.c Message-ID: <20051119204319.GN16060@stusta.de> References: <20051118033306.GP11494@stusta.de> <437E56EA.8070103@rtr.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <437E56EA.8070103@rtr.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 05:34:18PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >This patch removes the obsolete drivers/net/tulip/xircom_tulip_cb.c > >driver. > > > >Is there any reason why it should be kept? > > Yes. It is the only driver that works > without lockups on Xircom Cardbus cards. > Or so has been the case any time I've tried > the alternatives. > > Is there any good reason to nuke it? - there's a more recent driver for the same hardware - the driver uses the deprecated virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt we want to get rid of Can you give me a pointer to your bug report containing more details regarding the problems you had with the xircom_cb driver? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed