* RFC: removing DONGLE_OLD drivers?
@ 2007-07-09 17:25 Adrian Bunk
2007-07-12 22:30 ` Samuel Ortiz
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From: Adrian Bunk @ 2007-07-09 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: samuel; +Cc: netdev, linux-kernel
With one exception, all DONGLE_OLD drivers have newer counterparts.
The DONGLE_OLD drivers depend on BROKEN_ON_SMP which e.g. implies that
the many distributions shipping only SMP-kernels will never offer them.
The one exception is a driver for the Cirrus Logic EDB-7211 evaluation
board that itself is out of production for some years.
Can we remove these old drivers or is there a good reason for keeping
them?
cu
Adrian
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2007-07-09 17:25 RFC: removing DONGLE_OLD drivers? Adrian Bunk
@ 2007-07-12 22:30 ` Samuel Ortiz
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From: Samuel Ortiz @ 2007-07-12 22:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adrian Bunk; +Cc: netdev, linux-kernel
Hi Adrian,
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 07:25:39PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> With one exception, all DONGLE_OLD drivers have newer counterparts.
>
> The DONGLE_OLD drivers depend on BROKEN_ON_SMP which e.g. implies that
> the many distributions shipping only SMP-kernels will never offer them.
>
> The one exception is a driver for the Cirrus Logic EDB-7211 evaluation
> board that itself is out of production for some years.
>
> Can we remove these old drivers or is there a good reason for keeping
> them?
I didn't notice the ep7211 is only using the old dongle API.
I'll convert it to the new one, and then we can start looking at getting
rid of the old drivers.
Cheers,
Samuel.
> 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
>
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