netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: wan: remove the lanmedia (lmc) driver

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Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 09:48:32 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, pabeni@...hat.com,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>,
        Andrew Stanley-Jones <asj@...n.com>,
        Rob Braun <bbraun@....com>, Michael Graff <explorer@....com>,
        Matt Thomas <matt@...-software.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: wan: remove the lanmedia (lmc) driver

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 6:15 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The driver for LAN Media WAN interfaces spews build warnings on
> microblaze. The virt_to_bus() calls discard the volatile keyword.
> The right thing to do would be to migrate this driver to a modern
> DMA API but it seems unlikely anyone is actually using it.
> There had been no fixes or functional changes here since
> the git era begun.
>
> Let's remove this driver, there isn't much changing in the APIs,
> if users come forward we can apologize and revert.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220321144013.440d7fc0@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com/
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>