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?
John
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