[PATCH net-next 0/7] Remove three Sun net drivers

Jakub Kicinski kuba at kernel.org
Sat Jan 7 13:15:40 AEDT 2023


On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:04:54 -0800 Anirudh Venkataramanan wrote:
> >> In a recent patch series that touched these drivers [1], it was suggested
> >> that these drivers should be removed completely. git logs suggest that
> >> there hasn't been any significant feature addition, improvement or fixes
> >> to user-visible bugs in a while. A web search didn't indicate any recent
> >> discussions or any evidence that there are users out there who care about
> >> these drivers.  
> > 
> > Well, these drivers just work and I don't see why there should be regular
> > discussions about them or changes.  
> 
> That's fair, but lack of discussion can also be signs of disuse, and 
> that's really the hunch I was following up on.

Lack of feedback, too. Some of these drivers are missing entries 
in MAINTAINERS and patches don't get review tags from anyone.


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