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Date:   Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:44:24 +0100
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark tulip obsolete

On 3/15/22 19:43, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> It's ancient, an likely completely unused at this point.
> Let's mark it obsolete to prevent refactoring.

NAK.

This driver is needed by nearly all PA-RISC machines.

Helge


> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 1397a6b039fb..9afe495a86ca 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -19687,7 +19687,7 @@ F:	drivers/media/tuners/tua9001*
>  TULIP NETWORK DRIVERS
>  L:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
>  L:	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
> -S:	Orphan
> +S:	Orphan / Obsolete
>  F:	drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/