Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932460AbVJSBlQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:41:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932457AbVJSBiu (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:38:50 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:51376 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932438AbVJSBiq (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:38:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4355A390.9090309@osdl.org> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:38:24 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, mlindner@syskonnect.de, rroesler@syskonnect.de Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.14-rc4 0/3] sk98lin: neuter and prepare for removal References: <10182005213059.12304@bilbo.tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <10182005213059.12304@bilbo.tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1014 Lines: 30 John W. Linville wrote: >These patches take steps towards removing sk98lin from the upstream >kernel. > > -- Remove sk98lin's MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE to avoid > confusing userland tools about which driver to load; > > -- Mark sk98lin as Obsolete in the MAINTAINERS file; and, > > -- Add sk98lin to the feature-removal-schedule.txt file in the > Documentation directory. > >I accept the possibility that I may be jumping the gun on this. >However, I think it is worth opening this discussion. > >Patches to follow... > > I applaud the initiative, but this it is too premature to obsolete the existing driver. There may be lots of chip versions and other variables that make the existing driver a better choice. Maybe eepro100 is a better target for removal right now. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/