netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove support for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER

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Message-Id: <20190526.222136.618523121010690050.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 26 May 2019 22:21:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove support for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 21:14:39 +0200

> RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01 is RTL8169, the ancestor of the chip family.
> It didn't have an internal PHY and I've never seen it in the wild.
> What isn't there doesn't need to be maintained, so let's remove
> support for it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.