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

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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2012 18:33:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alan@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, linux@...nbow-software.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: delete old 8bit ISA 3c501 driver.

From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:30:38 +0100

> However I don't think this is the right way to tackle the ethernet
> history situation. As with MCA we should pull *all* the real historical
> interest only bits in one go so it's immediately obvious where the
> break point is for all devices.

I don't think ISA is ever going to be something we can completely
eradicate.

Bits of ISA'ness show up everywhere, from random PC southbridges
to specialized busses shipped on 64-bit sparcs for 8-bit devices
like floppies and serial ports.

Therefore, unlike MCA, ISA is more of a kind of entity we'll have to
eradicate piecemeal I think.
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