On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 23:16 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Joe Perches Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:28:02 -0700
> > On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 22:11 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> >> From: Joe Perches Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:33:29 -0700
> >> > Maybe something like this:
> >> > Old, rare, and unsuppo
On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 22:11 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Joe Perches
> 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 wi
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.
Joe Perches (2):
drivers/net: Create an ANCIENT_NETDEVICES symbol
chelsio: Move original cxgb driver into ancient
From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:28:02 -0700
> On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 22:11 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Joe Perches
>> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:33:29 -0700
>>
>> > Maybe something like this:
>> >
>> > Old, rare, and unsupported hardware should be exposed as ancient.
>> >
>>
From: Joe Perches
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
