netdev - Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 0/4] Delete token ring support.

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 17:48:15 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	linux390@...ibm.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 0/4] Delete token ring support.

Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> writes:
>
> What I mean by (2) is the implicit absence of anyone fixing _runtime_
> bugs, going all the way back to 2.6.12 in 2005.  If the code was being
> _used_, we'd see runtime regressions reported and their associated
> fixes.

Removal sounds good to me. In fact I would argue to remove any other driver
which did not get a real change since 2005 too.

-Andi

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