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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/6] pccard: remove bcm63xx socket driver
From:   Maxime Bizon <mbizon@freebox.fr>
Reply-To: mbizon@freebox.fr
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
        H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>,
        Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>,
        Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@gmail.com>,
        Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>,
        YOKOTA Hiroshi <yokota@netlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
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        linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
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Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:53:09 +0100
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On Mon, 2023-02-27 at 13:33 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:

Hello Florian,


> This is probably fine because PCMCIA on BCM63xx was only needed for
> the very old and early devices like the 6348 which modern kernels are
> unlikely to be able to run on since they are usually RAM constrained 
> with 16MB or 32MB of DRAM populated. Maxime, do you care if this
> driver gets removed?

Not at all, thanks for asking.

-- 
Maxime