netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] sparc: configs: Remove references to CONFIG_SUNVNET and CONFIG

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Date:   Sat, 7 Jan 2023 15:14:33 +0300
From:   Anatoly Pugachev <matorola@...il.com>
To:     Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] sparc: configs: Remove references to
 CONFIG_SUNVNET and CONFIG_LDMVSW

On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM Anirudh Venkataramanan
<anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com> wrote:
>
> An earlier patch removed the Sun LDOM vswitch and sunvnet drivers. Remove
> references to CONFIG_SUNVNET and CONFIG_LDMVSW from the sparc64 defconfig.
>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig b/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig
> index 1809909..a2c76e8 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig
> @@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ CONFIG_MII=m
>  CONFIG_SUNLANCE=m
>  CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL=y
>  CONFIG_SUNGEM=m
> -CONFIG_SUNVNET=m
> -CONFIG_LDMVSW=m
>  CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
>  CONFIG_E1000=m
>  CONFIG_E1000E=m

I wonder what is the reason for removing the perfectly working sunvnet
driver which is used in LDOMs under sun hardware hypervisor?
Can we please not remove drivers which are actually used? Or either
drop sparc32/sparc64 (whole arch) from linux kernel as well. Thanks.