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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:58:53 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: mkl@...gutronix.de Cc: joe@...ches.com, m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] ARCNET: Defibrillation From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:14:41 +0200 > On 04/24/2015 08:47 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >> On Fri, 2015-04-24 at 19:20 +0200, Michael Grzeschik wrote: >>> Hi! >> >> Hello. >> >>> This patch series tries to reanimate the ARCNET hardware layer to be >>> somehow readable and maintainable again. It includes a lot of cleanup >>> patches. It also adds some fixes which leads the layer to become usable >>> again. And as a special treatment it adds more features like correct >>> loading and unloading of the com20020 card. >> >> Wow. Good for you, but why? Does anyone still use these? > > Yes, there are parts of the industry where "old" machines are > retrofitted with new hardware...and a lot of these machines still talk > ARCNET :) But the real issue is, this layer is development wise in the same category as the IDE layer. Any non-trivial change is nothing but pure risk, especially given the low level of test coverage the code gets. So I really only want to see the most critical obvious bug fixes submitted for this layer and drivers. And no I will not accept an argument stating that you have to restructure and clean this code up in order to fix the bugs. That's bogus. I'm rejecting this patch series, sorry. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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