From: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:16:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201205182016.51489.linux@rainbow-software.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1337362769-4676-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
On Friday 18 May 2012 19:39:29 Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> It was amusing that linux was able to make use of this 1980's
> technology on machines long past its intended lifespan, but
> it probably should go now -- it is causing issues in some
> distros[1], and while that might be fixable, it is just not
> worth it.
>
> [1]
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/3com-3c501-card-
>not-detecting-934344/
That looks like a bug elsewhere and removing this driver will not fix it.
--
Ondrej Zary
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-18 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-18 17:39 [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver Paul Gortmaker
2012-05-18 18:16 ` Ondrej Zary [this message]
2012-05-18 22:03 ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-05-19 8:58 ` Ondrej Zary
2012-05-20 16:41 ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-05-21 13:42 ` David Laight
2012-05-21 18:46 ` Alan Cox
2012-05-19 12:30 ` Alan Cox
2012-05-19 22:33 ` David Miller
2012-05-20 16:08 ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-05-19 3:54 ` David Miller
2012-05-19 12:31 ` Alan Cox
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2012-05-20 16:02 Emmanuel Fusté
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