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Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 18:03:06 -0400 From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> To: Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org> CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver. [Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.] On 18/05/2012 (Fri 20:16) Ondrej Zary wrote: > On Friday 18 May 2012 19:39:29 Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > It was amusing that linux was able to make use of this 1980's > > technology on machines long past its intended lifespan, but > > it probably should go now -- it is causing issues in some > > distros[1], and while that might be fixable, it is just not > > worth it. > > > > [1] > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/3com-3c501-card- > >not-detecting-934344/ > > That looks like a bug elsewhere and removing this driver will not fix it. You miss the point. We've got someone with a modern i7 machine who is getting confused by seeing messages from some ancient 3c501 driver, but he doesn't have the context to know it is ancient and the message is a red herring. Will it fix a distro's broken init that tries to modprobe everything? No. Will it help by not muddying the waters with meaningless printk from 3c501 that confuse users? Yes. Thanks, Paul. > > -- > Ondrej Zary -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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