netdev - Re: [PATCH] myri_sbus: remove driver

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Message-Id: <20110620.125133.311330932319985237.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:51:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jon.mason@...i.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	gallatin@...i.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] myri_sbus: remove driver

From: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...i.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:39:00 -0500

> Remove the myri_sbus driver. Why?
> * There is no possibility of ethernet mode on this adapter, so it's
>   Myrinet only.
> * It won't inter-op with modern versions of Myrinet, and thus can only
>   work with legacy adapters.
> * There are no in-kernel Linux drivers for the PCI version of this
>   adapter, so it only can work on ~15 year old Sun hardware.
> 
> It's long in the tooth, let's take it to the knackers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <mason@...i.com>

Sniff sniff... applied.
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