netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark tulip obsolete

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Message-ID: <a66551f3-192a-70dc-4eb9-62090dbfe5fb@gmx.de>
Date:   Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:18:38 +0100
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark tulip obsolete

On 3/15/22 20:04, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:44:24 +0100 Helge Deller wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I was just trying to steer newcomers to code that's more relevant today.

That intention is ok, but "obsolete" means it's not used any more,
and that's not true.

Helge