Re: [PATCH net] s390/lcs: Remove FDDI option

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On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 03:15:46PM +0200, Alexandra Winter wrote:
> The last s390 machine that supported FDDI was z900 ('7th generation',
> released in 2000). The oldest machine generation currently supported by
> the Linux kernel is MARCH_Z10 (released 2008). If there is still a usecase
> for connecting a Linux on s390 instance to a LAN Channel Station (LCS), it
> can only do so via Ethernet.
> 
> Randy Dunlap[1] found that LCS over FDDI has never worked, when FDDI
> was compiled as module. Instead of fixing that, remove the FDDI option
> from the lcs driver.
> 
> While at it, make the CONFIG_LCS description a bit more helpful.
> 
> References:
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230621213742.8245-1-rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Probably this is for 'net-next' rather than 'net'.
But in any case this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



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