Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:41:03 -0400 | From | "John W. Linville" <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.14-rc4 0/3] sk98lin: neuter and prepare for removal |
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 06:38:24PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > John W. Linville wrote: > > >These patches take steps towards removing sk98lin from the upstream > >kernel. > > > > -- Remove sk98lin's MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE to avoid > > confusing userland tools about which driver to load;
> I applaud the initiative, but this it is too premature to obsolete the > existing driver. There may be lots of chip versions and other variables > that make > the existing driver a better choice. Maybe eepro100 is a better target > for removal right now.
That's cool...but I still think the first one (removing the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE) is worthwhile. At least that gets more testers for skge.
What do you think?
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