linux-kernel - Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old hardware

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Message-Id: <20160318.221153.997255526626920777.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:11:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old
 hardware

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:33:29 -0700

> Maybe something like this:
> 
> Old, rare, and unsupported hardware should be exposed as ancient.
> 
> The drivers for these ancient hardwares are generally untested with
> current kernels.

Moving drivers has a long term maintainence cost.

If they've moved into drivers/net proper, we have to maintain
them there forever.