netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: remove neterion/vxge

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Message-ID: <YsKjvPl3bUXqeGJf@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 09:24:28 +0100
From:   Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: remove neterion/vxge

On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 12:34:13PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Isn't there some obsoletion scheme globally applied to kernel device
> support? I would expect something like that.

The only thing I've found is that stuff gets marked with DEPRECATED
in Kconfig.
Having an official CONFIG_DEPRECATED option could be a way to
formalise this more, but I'm not sure if that is needed.

Martin