From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, daniel@thingy.jp,
hkallweit1@gmail.com, mingo@kernel.org, tglx@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:50:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <176908620511.1708465.3359062090873691798.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260121084532.60606-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:45:04 -0800 you wrote:
> This driver is old and almost certainly entirely unused. The two other
> parallel port Ethernet drivers (de600/de620) were removed by Paul
> Gortmaker in commit 168e06ae26dd ("drivers/net: delete old parallel
> port de600/de620 drivers"), but this driver remained. Drop it - Paul's
> reasoning applies here as well. To quote him:
>
> "The parallel port is largely replaced by USB [...] Let us not pretend
> that anyone cares about these drivers anymore, or worse - pretend that
> anyone is using them on a modern kernel."
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next] net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b00a7b3a6129
You are awesome, thank you!
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-21 8:45 [PATCH net-next] net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-01-22 12:13 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-01-22 12:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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