Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424262AbWLBR3n (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:29:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424263AbWLBR3n (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:29:43 -0500 Received: from baikonur.stro.at ([213.239.196.228]:38928 "EHLO baikonur.stro.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424262AbWLBR3m (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:29:42 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:31:36 +0100 From: maximilian attems To: Adrian Bunk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Nathanael Nerode , Andres Salomon Subject: Re: RFC: removing the dgrs net driver Message-ID: <20061202173136.GM30153@baikonur.stro.at> References: <20061202171932.GP11084@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061202171932.GP11084@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2587 Lines: 74 On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:19:32PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Based on the information in the email forwarded below I'd remove the > dgrs net driver (this wasn't the first driver shipped with the kernel > without any hardware ever produced...). > > Is this OK or is there any doubt whether this information is true? > > cu > Adrian ok thanks for doing this, as the reporter was to lazy to cook up a proper patch for that. there is zero bug report for dgrs on the debian bts nor did i find one in bugzilla.kernel.org. redhat guys might want to verify on their side. > ----- Forwarded message from Nathanael Nerode ----- > > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:00:12 -0400 > From: Nathanael Nerode > To: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Please remove useless dgrs driver > > An official email from digi.com to Andres Salomon > explained: > > Dear Andres: > > After further research, we found that this product was killed in place > and never reached the market. We would like to request that this not be > included. > > Copy at http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing (this was discovered > during research into firmware licensing). > > The drgs driver is useless (no hardware to drive) and should be removed. > The files which should be deleted from the tree are: > drivers/net/dgrs.c > drivers/net/dgrs.h > drivers/net/dgrs_es4h.h > drivers/net/dgrs_plx9060.h > drivers/net/dgrs_i82596.h > drivers/net/dgrs_ether.h > drivers/net/dgrs_asstruct.h > drivers/net/dgrs_bcomm.h > drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c > > It will probably also be necessary to delete some stuff from drivers/net/Kconfig > and drivers/net/Makefile, but I assume that this will be trivial for any > net maintainer. > > Thanks in advance for doing this. > > -- > Nathanael Nerode > > "(Instead, we front-load the flamewars and grudges in > the interest of efficiency.)" --Steve Lanagasek, > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/09/msg01056.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- maks - 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/