From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: [PATCH] mark sk98lin driver for removal Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:11:50 -0700 Message-ID: <20060722141150.5994fee1@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:148 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750760AbWGVVMG (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:12:06 -0400 To: Jeff Garzik Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org The sk98lin driver is now superseded by the skge driver. I wanted to just let the old driver wither and die from old age, but there are still bugs that are too painful to fix. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6780 The board crashes repeatedly after 2 weeks. It probably is something in the vendor MIB code. That code is a mess, and starting over was one of the motivations for creating the skge driver. So rather than add more bondo to the old beater to cover the rusty bits, throw it in the dustbin. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --------------------------- + +What: sk98lin network driver +When: January 2007 +Why: replaced by the skge driver +Who: Stephen Hemminger + +--------------------------- --- skge.orig/MAINTAINERS +++ skge/MAINTAINERS @@ -2677,6 +2677,10 @@ L: sdhci-devel@list.drzeus.cx W: http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Linux/Drivers/sdhci S: Maintained +SK98LIN GIGABBIT ETHERNET DRIVER +L: netdev@vger.kernel.org +S: Obsolete + SKGE, SKY2 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVERS P: Stephen Hemminger M: shemminger@osdl.org