netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.

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Message-ID: <20120519133158.1c74efc7@bob.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 19 May 2012 13:31:58 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.

> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/3com-3c501-card-not-detecting-934344/
> > 
> > Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> 
> Alan, any objections?

Wrong reason to remove it, Perfectly reasonable it (and a pile of other
ISA cards) ought to be shown the door.

Check with the M68K people however. 3c501 won't matter to them but I'm
not sure which of the other chips ended up on Amiga ISA bridges. I know
NE2000 clones did.

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