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Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old hardware

From David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old hardware
Date 2016-03-19 03:20 +0100
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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:33:29 -0700

> Maybe something like this:
> 
> Old, rare, and unsupported hardware should be exposed as ancient.
> 
> The drivers for these ancient hardwares are generally untested with
> current kernels.

Moving drivers has a long term maintainence cost.

If they've moved into drivers/net proper, we have to maintain
them there forever.

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[PATCH] net: consolidate lock/unlock into unlock_wait Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org> - 2016-03-18 10:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] net: consolidate lock/unlock into unlock_wait David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-18 22:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] net: consolidate lock/unlock into unlock_wait Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-18 23:40 +0100
      [RFC net-next 2/2] chelsio: Move original cxgb driver into ancient subdirectory Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-19 01:40 +0100
      [RFC net-next 1/2] drivers/net: Create an ANCIENT_NETDEVICES symbol Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-19 01:40 +0100
      [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old hardware Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-19 01:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old  hardware David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-19 03:20 +0100
          Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old  hardware Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-19 03:30 +0100
            Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old  hardware David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-19 04:20 +0100
              Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] Create ancient subdirectories for old  hardware Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-19 16:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] net: consolidate lock/unlock into unlock_wait Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> - 2016-03-19 09:30 +0100

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