From: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: atheros: atl2: remove kernel backward-compatibility code
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 15:43:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56fd25ec-eb93-4278-84c5-c0a4c40e81ca@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260506054035.23710-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
From: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 22:40:27 -0700
> The atl2 driver contains code for compatibility with old kernels that
> do not support module_param_array. Backward compatibility is
> irrelevant because this driver is in-tree. Remove this unreachable
> code to simplify the driver's handling of module parameters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c | 37 ++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
Thanks,
Olek
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-06 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-06 5:40 [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: atheros: atl2: remove kernel backward-compatibility code Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-05-06 13:43 ` Alexander Lobakin [this message]
2026-05-08 22:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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