From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark tulip obsolete
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:53:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220426055311.53dd8c31@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a66551f3-192a-70dc-4eb9-62090dbfe5fb@gmx.de>
On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:18:38 +0100 Helge Deller wrote:
> On 3/15/22 20:04, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:44:24 +0100 Helge Deller wrote:
> >> On 3/15/22 19:43, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >>> It's ancient, an likely completely unused at this point.
> >>> Let's mark it obsolete to prevent refactoring.
> >>
> >> NAK.
> >>
> >> This driver is needed by nearly all PA-RISC machines.
> >
> > I was just trying to steer newcomers to code that's more relevant today.
>
> That intention is ok, but "obsolete" means it's not used any more,
> and that's not true.
Hi Helge! Which incarnation of tulip do you need for PA-RISC, exactly?
I'd like to try to remove DE4X5, if that's not the one you need
(getting rid of virt_to_bus()-using drivers).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-26 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-15 18:43 [PATCH net-next] net: mark tulip obsolete Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-15 18:44 ` Helge Deller
2022-03-15 19:04 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-15 22:18 ` Helge Deller
2022-04-26 12:53 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-04-26 20:53 ` Helge Deller
2022-04-26 21:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
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