netdev - Re: [net PATCH] net: appletalk: Drop aarp_send_probe

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Message-ID: <20250110182435.6b811abe@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:24:35 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Yeking@...54.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric
 Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon
 Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Greg
 Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Vitaly Kuznetsov
 <vkuznets@...hat.com>, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net PATCH] net: appletalk: Drop aarp_send_probe_phase1()

On Thu,  9 Jan 2025 12:27:51 +0000 Yeking@...54.com wrote:
> Due to the ltpc, cops, and ipddp drivers have been deleted,
> aarp_send_probe_phase1() no longer works. (found by code inspection)

Could you explain more? What is your thought process?

> Fixes: 1dab47139e61 ("appletalk: remove ipddp driver")
> Fixes: 00f3696f7555 ("net: appletalk: remove cops support")
> Fixes: 03dcb90dbf62 ("net: appletalk: remove Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support")
> Fixes: dbecb011eb78 ("appletalk: use ndo_siocdevprivate")

Dead code is not a bug, you can mention the relevant commits
in the commit message, but no Fixes tag are appropriate here.
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