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Message-ID: <CAGVrzcaswHEjEvBygXbDcgUPaAmP=t9RHY8mVv4tVOgK7N9ARw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 17 Sep 2016 16:17:39 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
        Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: Gary Zambrano's email is bouncing

2016-09-17 15:51 GMT-07:00 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
> On Sat, 2016-09-17 at 15:27 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> Gary has not been with Broadcom for some time now, replace his address
>> with the internal mailing-list used for other entries.
>>
>> > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>> ---
>> Michael,
>>
>> Since this is an old driver, not sure who could step up as a maintainer
>> for b44?
> []
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
>> @@ -2500,8 +2500,8 @@ S:      Supported
>
>> F:    kernel/bpf/
>>
>>  BROADCOM B44 10/100 ETHERNET DRIVER
>> -M:   Gary Zambrano <zambrano@...adcom.com>
>>  L:   netdev@...r.kernel.org
>> +M:   bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
>>  S:   Supported
>>  F:   drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.*
>
> Without an actual maintainer, this should really be
> orphan and not supported.

I would like to hear from Michael before concluding that

>
> And the M: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@ should be L:

The list does not accept public subscribers, so this is the correct
entry to use.

>
> BCM4401 NICs are essentially from 2002.
>
> Does anyone really use these any longer with a
> current distribution or kernel version?

This NIC is also embedded inside BCM47xx/BCM53xx which is still
getting active support from Rafal and Hauke.
-- 
Florian