Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove drivers/net/eepro100.c

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:19:58 +0300
Vitaly Bordug <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:18:26 +0100
> Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > This patch removes the obsolete drivers/net/eepro100.c driver.
> > 
> > Is there any known problem in e100 still preventing us from removing 
> > this driver (it seems noone was able anymore to verify the ARM problem)?
> > 
> I think I am recalling some problems on ppc82xx, when e100 was stuck on startup,
> and eepro100 worked just fine. 
> 
> Even if the patch below will be scheduled for application, we need to set up enough time 
> for approval that e100 will be fine for all the up-to-date hw; or it should be fixed/updated before eepro100 removal.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
> > 
> >

How about doing what was done with devfs removal, and remove it
from the config menu system for a couple of releases.
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