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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn Content-Language: de-DE Autocrypt: addr=michael@fritscher.net; keydata= xsFNBFHr19gBEADIM7L45vIHOp0+Z0UWU0eU+aWykuehITsOs38H/LV2/Sw75CgbX0XLJNz7 +rSvZrTxzu02UDQpLQt8DXofMS2paWEVjda57BGcaaMfAEzexc0IZVaBUwcyZ8A3P7h9Nb+4 EUFo7NR5No4GtUemlrzTecVmT+oArHrk4yr3gIMRZjW5FIpuLi5r+Ijwa4M3yo1/jibhT3Lr KDjA2mk/zg978UGV01AqT5CKVIRT2XBjd7gXBSFKVjYRC0QS1Iu05eSd2na29mWxbY3CIqzA 3I003Wzkg5B0bkIIgaeJ7dFsVonRZ8iG99r0yHGy3LSmoTEgzjfbNVY7KpAuWMOng9EJASWu FJzQ7rvJOyApej2v1Kcw/Siji17HLTsjO1wu/2v64qvaZ5PVpreQMX5GulU/5oVQ2G1Cx26D TYGia46E3hDEm20+1MfxczlzUkzoZ1t0mprE/rn//9PXXJtnzRh+GWmHFOG/DrUvaB7lOl57 Nr8KurMyYzBvKqFx8z6VSJA4arBOYU6/Pce7fFh2Mhclhgwv9vPqc02AA6WXmuNJAdxN7+1i irct8ZpkHWMsWqBAnFCo419EhpOfXWDvsylOw6fv0BjjRlc8UHEYxR66M373BIrfazNj9xEV cLQoqCyXkdqOpsGhMwXW5qdQj1A3G0hTCbdhhhJJ+Qxm4Da9OwARAQABzSlNaWNoYWVsIEZy aXRzY2hlciA8bWljaGFlbEBmcml0c2NoZXIubmV0PsLBlQQTAQoAPwIbAwYLCQgHAwIGFQgC CQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AWIQQ3lDf/l2Kb0HI33nwv8Rfc9L4w1gUCaUemwwUJGx25mAAKCRAv 8Rfc9L4w1iTED/9exqBHo9dVwtw79HPa71nyI/c+dYFyszIFwGtwQ3EAbBdJ2NAAFbWu5XjD lVJ8FpuM2lIOVoIbb+RDIogdMya7gfw8Flc8JWtPaQfgwZObDQf0oUmzvcg+l8zHC4P0X7OM khnxmjBJVYujdAdoaaJLD9hpH/0js+73Gq/feuHXYVXqT8icezm+5aCkjx5BluefAdBbpbyw t4sJoIvbA2sawip+AXTkKOX7vkAolWv8lyhXrWLbaRzH4Sgo/6vVle9/2BFDt20k+q8nm+05 F++qcHtGY5RbBvfXQGpV/ym5SNPqqpKGKZAgOXtno3tA7seSkdhM7ysZdzgW8kmku6Ib8gFz uJ0LdvhgjiN69sWwhM1Wss2W+hDnoE1C1VLU9IocAYhWzLfAyU5tKPzkdrdLtndUpNqJT3Zb UuRQdgasL4pxVYWrM8rMkZgLldiNMJV/484PNxjGgkbsHooqlKVcDVXVflniekDSNCFMlmKf X71rdv0kTvEM1lGR+Mgee04lHT9JbhamRwwjJfde0PV0YlSUTHl4a3RmHZRM1QQ/qBf5Mrfs apRxaIzVfU/z3Tj8bfN98gvL3JRUyooTHdyzgCFDsxj88NOZ3AwLlKTWP9W7sD50O/XeCRRJ yFdEpVK99UoLIUUc3kEFt9YK+mSEFmJiUlveiLixHsFyDhrcgs7BTQRR69fYARAAo3jb5FQk u3+u/tjsAjdUAqXjhZv9BMgta6uuBQO+DgUeZSDQGvv0REutaR3Lkce3e2rE1nXYsRKy+jKF WuJtXgUlTYX7WDtfG6nk42+DTfw/+lMWwCPO7lIykqa57cuXXBCEBM7GBdh/K1s/6IJQGNde bXiDXt4y0TjJx93b0M6cuYjH3KMUKuEpyX3wsmSQUutWPWh2lH1qp2TedSTEq/XhgArp66Lg KaMPaGUHS0mxmCAfC5abhZk7X5ZgYqdyfggrPn+aIjsOGYGBaKhDSG9uZ0b/2CvGgGgvYhoh A0FnPwSRlovEh4mB89RX+cx5Qa49LbcdsUuHnwfpWmetlWyi7cg0CiILzWEMCWMy4r4KV1Au /vZLY9AcNxFjcpe7k6BcZLMyaTm4uqGpKyCU3+h+ZQODj0QRYgIZVk2Xw7FBMzDSUNzJV5N7 eHKPzgl9SPSpp2bN49BLt6AaOy7BknLSk/AErBQdrAT3KFwYdDXHiFrZZrthD3K5LW6ajOuR zPvclss//g5E/eSYKfWRt4HLe0Lj0wq9imrUfC9gs0MLOgMZSiuwvPxVSeqT48I0EaoQ6yrj sCC1pLSw28Y2ybW77rL8ttU6ur2uUEt2TewfMriqax44XJtcKGnHkhlWXR3KAZA91KcHh+NB 0LYwr51pR2PVYatr6Bd+oh2xiKEAEQEAAcLBfAQYAQoAJgIbDBYhBDeUN/+XYpvQcjfefC/x F9z0vjDWBQJpR6bDBQkbHbmYAAoJEC/xF9z0vjDWOUQP+QG+eUXORj09WASsuEYdVwTeUiLB eqJjk85U1IDN/9iwQtCNi82i4xMVqIsJ46DnkyRdBJ0NceLAmEAvyeXBXZwyxLBhxopeVDRr hgCHhKi/vwlZslGW85okCcletMGQg7Rn+nkvLgTVwNSncr4/+qMNwK/qpnNwq/pVVd3rgHNK vZ2N3cfUbwDP0ZtOKJjiK9RWVR5/mcV7c+UzQkw2jUtb8cGjqfSQIAxVuigblul8dQ5s04Bm roEn2qP6xAc4mJBH+h3IXHguQBCSw3QliNOkGKvjxVmMZWcUaY7jPAekUbFlokLCwJ3ehYtu sVJ1UMsYp4m4+seKQdUDWPWwyximAC63VEkkAogzyQdMnqIopBT+3HZwTUTV+EQee6Ykx3P/ tBMVLAl+XY85Fuhqk3NtIRntvoIpnUup1Q7sSRPMSUkOfPuZ7aCYWLZ3PSF4FPzyh57IU8Zk rQBL5taQGQqmEY/oLQJduZQrHv1leNdeJQRDut6pj0ubNWMAu7M2VfuaZ4IVW4S/Qp4P0m/q aVMjk/HjUM3hCo6wt45DKzSEegtLgcTlX9k5qONt70SAzOvnJCtfCy1ymhilfOJb4o+jVkSb HwWU1ITaLjysEoFUVQZW+534zOVXcys4UmhTTM6+aEDPu6liomH2zWEQZyE1USN6O7twqgWl J8ECEUyP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good day, actually, I do use Xircom PCMCIA network cards (yes, the 16 bit ones) on Lenovo X60/X61 laptops as a second LAN card for server maintenances with current 64 bit distros (e.g. Debian Trixie, which I plan to update to Trixie+1 when available). Why? Because I have them and they are working ;-) Best regards Michael Fritscher