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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use Kconfig flag to remove support of deprecated BE2/BE3
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To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
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        Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com>,
        Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
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From:   Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
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Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2018 13:35:18 +0200
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On 6.8.2018 18:21, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 02:12:28PM +0200, Petr Oros wrote:
>>   Add flags to remove support of deprecated BE2/BE3 adapters.
>>   BE2 disable will reduce .ko size by 2kb and BE3 by 3kb.
>>   Disable both will reduce .ko size by 9kb.
>>
>>   With dissabled support is also removed coresponding PCI IDs
>>   and codepath with [BE2|BE3|BEx]_chip checks.
> 
> deprecated seems like a really odd world for hardware.
> 
> Are they just old?  Did they never ship in large numbers?
> 
> If you just make some cards optional why not also add options
> for families of newer cards for those who only have the older ones
> in their systems?
> 
This also makes sense.

I.