linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: qualcomm: Remove QDF24xx support

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:38:19 +0100
From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
To: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
Cc: timur@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, marijn.suijten@...ainline.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: qualcomm: Remove QDF24xx support



On 1/24/24 02:30, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
> by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:
> 
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:02:22 +0100 you wrote:
>> This SoC family was destined for server use, featuring Qualcomm's very
>> interesting Kryo cores (before "Kryo" became a marketing term for Arm
>> cores with small modifications). It did however not leave the labs of
>> Qualcomm and presumably some partners, nor was it ever productized.
>>
>> Remove the related drivers, as they seem to be long obsolete.
>>
>> [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>    - net: ethernet: qualcomm: Remove QDF24xx support
>      https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a2a7f98aeeec

Jakub, can we please drop this (or should I send a revert)?

It turned out that Qualcomm is actually still using this internally,
for "reasons".. [1]

Konrad

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4c37d84f-ee46-4557-b25d-01ad9af4e950@linaro.org/