Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937424AbWLKSDL (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:03:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937414AbWLKSDL (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:03:11 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:48102 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937424AbWLKSDJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:03:09 -0500 Message-ID: <457D9D5B.2080407@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:03:07 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Interphase Tachyon drivers missing. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 792 Lines: 21 Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com wrote: > I went to upgrade my kernel on a couple of boxes yesterday and noticed > that the Interphase Tachyon chipset Fibre Channel driver was removed > from the kernel. I think 2.6.1 was the last one it was still in. Was > there a reason it was pulled? > If not, do I have to volunteer to put it back in or can someone with > more skill re-add it? It was dropped because it was unmaintained, and quickly falling behind mainline. If it's a maintained driver with an active userbase, we're interested... Jeff - 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/