linux-kernel - Re: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?

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Message-ID: <46D45111.2040600@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:45:05 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   given that "ether=" has been officially obsolete since 2.6.18
> (replaced by "netdev="), is there any reason to keep it around?  or
> can it be blasted?

That sounds like way too short of a timeline for breaking people's
working boot setup.  For a lot of people, 2.6.18->current is going to be
a single step.

	-hpa

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