From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750812AbVKSUfM (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:35:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750819AbVKSUfI (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:35:08 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:45829 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750809AbVKSUe7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:34:59 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:34:57 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Russell King , saw@saw.sw.com.sg, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove drivers/net/eepro100.c Message-ID: <20051119203457.GL16060@stusta.de> References: <20051118033302.GO11494@stusta.de> <20051118090158.GA11621@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <437DFD6C.1020106@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <437DFD6C.1020106@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:12:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Russell King wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 04:33:02AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > >>This patch removes the obsolete drivers/net/eepro100.c driver. > >> > >>Is there any reason why it should be kept? > > > > > >Tt's the only driver which works correctly on ARM CPUs. e100 is > >basically buggy. This has been discussed here on lkml and more > >recently on linux-netdev. If anyone has any further questions > >please read the archives of those two lists. > > After reading the archives, one discovers the current status is: > > waiting on ARM folks to test e100 > > Latest reference is public message-id <4371A373.6000308@pobox.com>, > which was CC'd to you. > > There is a patch in netdev-2.6.git#e100-sbit and in Andrew's -mm tree > that should solve the ARM problems, and finally allow us to kill > eepro100. But it's waiting for feedback... I'mn not subscribed to netdev, and 4371A373.6000308@pobox.com was not Cc'ed to me, but I do now understand the status of e100/eepro100. After all my email was just an RFC. > Jeff 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