linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] m68k: remove six unused headers

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:24:10 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>
Cc:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: remove six unused headers

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com> wrote:
>>> Although mcfne.h has been unused for a while I am working on some patches
>>> that do use it. No problem for the others.
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, that should become mcf8390.h, as "NE2000" means
>> "NE2000-compatible 8390-based Ethernet"? Cfr. the mac8390 and zorro8390
>> discussions in the previous millennium.
>
>
> I guess I missed those :-(
> I think I see from the code for those under ~/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/
> what this may have been about though.
>
> Interestingly one of the ColdFire platforms (the Arnewsh 5206 board)
> really did have an ISA NE2000 card fitted to it. Most of the follow
> ons that where similar use a Davicom/9000.

If it's a real ISA NE2000 card, you ISA bus support instead of a special
driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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