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

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Message-ID: <m3k0c2fn9h.fsf@t19.piap.pl>
Date:   Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:46:02 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Stanley-Jones <asj@...n.com>,
        Rob Braun <bbraun@....com>, Michael Graff <explorer@....com>,
        Matt Thomas <matt@...-software.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, tsbogend@...ha.franken.de,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: wan: remove the lanmedia (lmc) driver

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> 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.

I wouldn't hold my breath, though :-)

Acked-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
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Krzysztof "Chris" Hałasa

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