Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 10/15] drivers: net: cirrus: mac89x0: Remove this driver

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:02:40 -0700

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:28:11 +0200 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > > Retrocomputing still is not well regarded by some maintainers, it seems :-(.  
> > 
> > I've found bugs in drivers by plugging those things into exotic
> > hardware like my Amiga 4000 and Ultra5 [0].
> > So, it's not totally pointless. And having a shader capable Amiga[1]
> > is pretty cool.  
> 
> Not only that. Those exotic architectures also help iron out generic kernel
> bugs and give new maintainers an possibility to get their feet wet.
> 
> > Sad to see fun stuff getting pushed out by basically spam bots. :(  
> 
> It's not so much pushed out by spam bots but by the commercialization of the
> Linux kernel. Many developers think that the sole purpose of the Linux kernel
> is to run on modern commodity hardware.

Please send that MAINTAINERS patch to designate yourselves
as maintainers (like Daniel already did for another driver).
This is the ideal outcome.

We want to be welcoming in the community. But being a part
of the community means participating in _work_.