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

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Date:   Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:53:11 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark tulip obsolete

On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:18:38 +0100 Helge Deller wrote:
> 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.

Hi Helge! Which incarnation of tulip do you need for PA-RISC, exactly?
I'd like to try to remove DE4X5, if that's not the one you need
(getting rid of virt_to_bus()-using drivers).