Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: de4x5: remove support for Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA

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On Wed, 2022-05-18 at 20:13 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Looks like almost all changes to this driver had been tree-wide
> refactoring since git era begun. There is one commit from Al
> 15 years ago which could potentially be fixing a real bug.
> 
> The driver is using virt_to_bus() and is a real magnet for pointless
> cleanups. It seems unlikely to have real users. Let's try to shed
> this maintenance burden.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>

Removing this driver will kill support for some rather old PowerMac
models (some PowerBooks I think, paulus would know). No objection on my
part, though. I doubt people still use these things with new kernels
but ... who knows ? :-)

Cheers,
Ben.




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