linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 1/2] um: drivers: remove support for UML_NET

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Date:   Fri, 6 Dec 2019 16:32:34 -0800
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>
Cc:     Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>, linux-um@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 1/2] um: drivers: remove support for UML_NET_PCAP

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 11:23 PM Anton Ivanov
<anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com> wrote:
[...]
> 1. There is a proposed patch for the build system to fix it.
>
> 2. We should be removing all old drivers and replacing them with the
> vector ones.

Hmm...does this mean you would entertain a patch removing all the
non-vector UML network drivers? I would be happy to see VDE go as
well.

In any event, it sounds like I should probably drop this patch as it
is currently.

Thanks!