From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [156.67.10.101]) (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 0F6862E6116; Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1777255969; cv=none; b=rqWN0PT3fNXRjCGPGQmoy/UYeQrZq6pG9rIl5fkJ/CUYI0xjmfdPA/S/kigEvnLiC1bJQW9DumTQq6INtOAu1mgdvrNvBpQC4Nlu8W6l8AESDzhQue40xs2nrKgaD3lZNDrs6fsDBXpOV9okPR40mYdrDroGnSSCQOVQwV1Ar9A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1777255969; c=relaxed/simple; bh=VSAvZtHfEDU5KMQbNdZWssH8NOiiuDtf2ZvUUNFp7Sc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=UcxKkLszr6EMbske6iEdaV2TykS8nNnLAeFCib9hzcXiIlpJVsaeV0mnA0BRM1LtEmfKR+ALv2pwHLiYJ1spRl0U7yDC2RBq0CqBwYFd9OccUJObSZndIcSo1w1cyjF5X86Fjm1SmdZVYmzFbNd7klM8+BrUipfKmjtUUZ8mN/Q= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b=CzHRNtkS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="CzHRNtkS" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=MgEJ69q6/2Eo5Fd1kCxFRwD38wAChneaqSi9dudAnds=; b=CzHRNtkSVcsgjQttPhHJZr1aWG Fen/7A4JakTlcpSG0UjhRcS3zoMAlQs/JQNrsdzKmD3dU9l/JSFu2g0+DyoF4BC6YRwbXKZhlc174 jOYYtIS7CejKLj7nhQQ9l278hzs59kraxuFhUuRn6wfiAg3cHqhM1nQ2ldfWriHRf5mU=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wHBSZ-0005Za-2E; Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:12:31 +0200 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:12:31 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Daniel Palmer Cc: Jakub Kicinski , 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: 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: > If this does get merged and someone wants to put one of them back will > it be as simple as sending a revert? Yes. Ideally with a patch adding an entry to MAINTAINERS for who ever is volunteering to maintain it. With drivers this old, my _guess_ is, those people still using them are not your typical users, but enthusiasts with the skills needed to do patch triage. Decide if AI/bot driver bug reports are worth fixing, and patches generated by newbies are helpful/harmful, etc. Andrew