Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932092AbWAPAIX (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:08:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932118AbWAPAIX (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:08:23 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:34579 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932092AbWAPAIW (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:08:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:08:22 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Vitaly Bordug Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, saw@saw.sw.com.sg, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, john.ronciak@intel.com, ganesh.venkatesan@intel.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove drivers/net/eepro100.c Message-ID: <20060116000822.GD29663@stusta.de> References: <20060105181826.GD12313@stusta.de> <20060115161958.07e3c7f1@vitb.dev.rtsoft.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060115161958.07e3c7f1@vitb.dev.rtsoft.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1345 Lines: 38 On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 04:19:58PM +0300, Vitaly Bordug wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:18:26 +0100 > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > This patch removes the obsolete drivers/net/eepro100.c driver. > > > > Is there any known problem in e100 still preventing us from removing > > this driver (it seems noone was able anymore to verify the ARM problem)? > > > I think I am recalling some problems on ppc82xx, when e100 was stuck on startup, > and eepro100 worked just fine. > > Even if the patch below will be scheduled for application, we need to set up enough time > for approval that e100 will be fine for all the up-to-date hw; or it should be fixed/updated before eepro100 removal. How/When can you/someone else test this? Do the e100 maintainers (Cc'ed) know about such problems and their status? > Sincerely, > Vitaly cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/