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

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Message-ID: <20220705110634.4a66389a@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 5 Jul 2022 11:06:34 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, corbet@....net,
        jdmason@...zu.us, vburru@...vell.com, jiawenwu@...stnetic.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: remove neterion/vxge

On Tue, 05 Jul 2022 08:17:24 +0200 Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-07-01 at 14:40 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > 100%, I really wish something like that existed. I have a vague memory
> > of Fedora or some other distro collecting HW data. Maybe it died because
> > of privacy issues?  
> 
> AFAICS that database still exists and is active:
> 
> https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search&vendor=neterion&d=All
> 
> It shows no usage at all for the relevant vendor.
> 
> On the flip side, it looks like the data points come mostly/exclusively
> from desktop systems, not very relevant in this specific case.

GTK! There is a whole bunch of old Mellanox NICs reported so I think
there is _some_ server coverage. I'm leaning towards applying the patch.