From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ondrej Zary Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver. Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:16:46 +0200 Message-ID: <201205182016.51489.linux@rainbow-software.org> References: <1337362769-4676-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox To: Paul Gortmaker Return-path: Received: from mail-1-out2.atlantis.sk ([80.94.52.71]:51161 "EHLO mail.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753495Ab2ERSYR (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2012 14:24:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1337362769-4676-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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