netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethernet: pcnet32: remove VLB support

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Message-ID: <CADkSEUgHZEi5=pWORZv8_L8B_X9Fu3jp=BsGnjGq7a2TLHDH_w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 19:06:38 -0800
From: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Don Fry <pcnet32@...ntier.com>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethernet: pcnet32: remove VLB support

Hi, Jakub,

On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> IMHO we should probably start deleting the "QEMU emulation uses this"
> toys, too. virtio existed for long enough.
I wasn't saying we should keep it *because* QEMU emulates it, but
rather that it shows the driver is not totally broken and is likely
also working on real hardware.

> But let's wait for 7.x with that, we deleted a bunch of drivers in
> the past few weeks. Let's see how many of those we need to revert
> and whether any lessons need to be applied to next removals :)
That makes sense. I am looking into whether a lot of old drivers are
known to work/are conceivably still useful.

Ethan