Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 01:35:46 -0400 (EDT)
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        john.calixto@modsystems.com, xemul@parallels.com,
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Subject: Re: [RFC] econet: remove ancient bug ridden protocol
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 05:23:01 +0100

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 08:59:51PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 
>> The ancient Econet protocol should go. Most of the bug fixes in recent
>> years have been fixing security vulnerabilities. The hardware hasn't
>> been made since 1981, it is only interesting as an archeological curiosity.
> 
> Pedantry - the hardware was introduced in 1981, it was still being made 
> into at least the 90s. Still probably time for it to die, though.

Patch applied with this pedantic adjustment :-)
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