netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver

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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:50:05 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet
 driver

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:45:04 -0800 you wrote:
> This driver is old and almost certainly entirely unused. The two other
> parallel port Ethernet drivers (de600/de620) were removed by Paul
> Gortmaker in commit 168e06ae26dd ("drivers/net: delete old parallel
> port de600/de620 drivers"), but this driver remained. Drop it - Paul's
> reasoning applies here as well. To quote him:
> 
> "The parallel port is largely replaced by USB [...] Let us not pretend
> that anyone cares about these drivers anymore, or worse - pretend that
> anyone is using them on a modern kernel."
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b00a7b3a6129

You are awesome, thank you!
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