Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Networking deletions for 7.1

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:28:37 -0700

On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:14:51 +0900 Daniel Palmer wrote:
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Andrew Lunn (12):
> >       drivers: net: 3com: 3c509: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: 3com: 3c515: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: 3com: 3c574: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: 3com: 3c589: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: amd: lance: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: amd: nmclan: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: smsc: smc9194: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: smsc: smc91c92: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: fujitsu: fmvj18x: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: 8390: AX88190: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: 8390: ultra: Remove this driver
> >       drivers: net: 8390: wd80x3: Remove this driver  
> 
> For the drivers I really don't think enough time was given for people
> to come out of the woodwork and say they are using one of them and if
> they'd be willing to maintain it or not.

Real users show up a few releases later. Waiting for more responses on
the ML has little value.

> If this does get merged and someone wants to put one of them back will
> it be as simple as sending a revert?

For the users? Normally they just send an email and we handle 
the reverts. It happened multiple times in the past, we remove 
a few drivers in each release.