Re: [PATCH net v2 13/15] drivers: net: 8390: pcnet: Remove this driver

Andrew Lunn
2026-04-23T12:04:24Z

On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 07:49:24AM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 01:01:56PM -0500, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > The pcnet was written by David A. Hindsh in 1999. It is an PCMCIA
> > device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Kconfig | 11 -
> > drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Makefile | 1 -
> > drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c | 1717 ----------------------------------
>
> NACK for this one. This is the most common PCMCIA networking device, so
> should be removed only once the rest of the PCMCIA subsystem is removed.

Please submit a patch to MAINTAINERS making yourself the Maintainer of
this driver, if you want to keep it around.

Andrew