From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: alan@linux.intel.com
Cc: paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, linux@rainbow-software.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 18:33:27 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120519.183327.201650385299478436.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120519133038.282d0a7d@bob.linux.org.uk>
From: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:30:38 +0100
> However I don't think this is the right way to tackle the ethernet
> history situation. As with MCA we should pull *all* the real historical
> interest only bits in one go so it's immediately obvious where the
> break point is for all devices.
I don't think ISA is ever going to be something we can completely
eradicate.
Bits of ISA'ness show up everywhere, from random PC southbridges
to specialized busses shipped on 64-bit sparcs for 8-bit devices
like floppies and serial ports.
Therefore, unlike MCA, ISA is more of a kind of entity we'll have to
eradicate piecemeal I think.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-19 22:35 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
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 [this message]
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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