netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] pcnet32: remove VLB support

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Message-ID: <20260109180443.GO345651@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 18:04:43 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] pcnet32: remove VLB support

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 11:18:31PM -0800, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> This allows the code managing device instances to be simplified
> significantly. The VLB bus is very obsolete and last appeared on
> P5 Pentium-era hardware. Support for it has been removed from
> other drivers, and it is highly unlikely anyone is using it with
> modern Linux kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>

Hi Ethan,

I don't think this driver has received much attention for some time.
So, unless you have hardware to test changes on, I would suggest
either leaving it alone or, if we suspect there are no users,
removing it.

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