From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49F2C3DA5C1; Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1777040919; cv=none; b=Sf0sE11txyAPpmYTI1K0Ns4psrpA9qYMN0QG+8PROjzXD5P4dR0PPm4rDy0siwXtlz5mR8No08qn+/oYeEesNLxzQ+eYFpyqGAHvwLkdObf9cEJTLpcJhcowqvuhZlz/hP8OzANOsztgKsg5SxIK9j7Fy9DPta3yjxv9owfHbmc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1777040919; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5cK6KrlDmS/euLYLqiKC/eqNlSFxvmx1H/+AC2Flb/4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=uNO5jIdDJzU/v8JoGYEuxsoHx31Uzf1rGXDw3kUbgP5/UEQcyYtEAOLfaFf0oC9XObhv5xDo1ZfYBAmqn2L83GHhP5rwBaxTjGKu0Lsx28R70YX/LwzOiqZcFCeK5ll99/Fc28YQSxm03LjOnV2lvfs/P3b65kfm+nvg4WkyHVw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=tm35pa+h; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="tm35pa+h" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B504EC19425; Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:28:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1777040919; bh=5cK6KrlDmS/euLYLqiKC/eqNlSFxvmx1H/+AC2Flb/4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=tm35pa+ham4eETf4/QLKs1RGbPM1SuCNESiibWSSJtnA2to6bx2bDySoAVFBE+e+P OgYRk4zrnuqy7AUgieSZ0Jxjp+QDHM4ZJhB+WeyVerhYdtC0XtkWQPOZz2Sa6z8icP PUS/9CZZ+HLMhQG6n9K0os5ExnNRySQ1I6t1E27+o2dBcgJKe9Ga6H9GnqygyLISzh YYFPBSAt4K4OVPKQU5qtLmuNTGvZpaLyz8KpgzNUzh3wC7Zgudy39cP5ekRTlrOtFs cTWIreWpKt/M3ZEF6vhHaCOe1UjHAQc1rjJ+Th3J/Dpt6vzxhgMbgx+pCVarQ1NIpd WidMHTp+EUfcA== Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:28:37 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Daniel Palmer Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Networking deletions for 7.1 Message-ID: <20260424072837.674f9066@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20260423235422.1541768-1-kuba@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:14:51 +0900 Daniel Palmer wrote: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Andrew Lunn (12): > > drivers: net: 3com: 3c509: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: 3com: 3c515: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: 3com: 3c574: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: 3com: 3c589: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: amd: lance: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: amd: nmclan: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: smsc: smc9194: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: smsc: smc91c92: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: fujitsu: fmvj18x: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: 8390: AX88190: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: 8390: ultra: Remove this driver > > drivers: net: 8390: wd80x3: Remove this driver > > For the drivers I really don't think enough time was given for people > to come out of the woodwork and say they are using one of them and if > they'd be willing to maintain it or not. Real users show up a few releases later. Waiting for more responses on the ML has little value. > If this does get merged and someone wants to put one of them back will > it be as simple as sending a revert? For the users? Normally they just send an email and we handle the reverts. It happened multiple times in the past, we remove a few drivers in each release.