Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove drivers/net/eepro100.c

From: Adrian Bunk <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:08:22 +0100

On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 04:19:58PM +0300, Vitaly Bordug wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:18:26 +0100
> Adrian Bunk <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > This patch removes the obsolete drivers/net/eepro100.c driver.
> > 
> > Is there any known problem in e100 still preventing us from removing 
> > this driver (it seems noone was able anymore to verify the ARM problem)?
> > 
> I think I am recalling some problems on ppc82xx, when e100 was stuck on startup,
> and eepro100 worked just fine. 
> 
> Even if the patch below will be scheduled for application, we need to set up enough time 
> for approval that e100 will be fine for all the up-to-date hw; or it should be fixed/updated before eepro100 removal.

How/When can you/someone else test this?

Do the e100 maintainers (Cc'ed) know about such problems and their 
status?

> Sincerely, 
> Vitaly

cu
Adrian

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