Re: [PATCH net 00/18] Remove a number of ISA and PCMCIA Ethernet drivers

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:03:28PM -0400, Byron Stanoszek wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2026, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > 
> > Could you live with v6.18, which has an expected EOL of December 2028?
> > If you are only updating once per year, security is not an issue, you
> > just want stability.
> 
> I could for the time being, but this hasn't worked for me in the past. Usually
> what happens is the PC breaks down, and the customer swaps in a new
> backplane+SBC and moves all their PCI cards over. I then find I need to update
> the kernel just to get the Intel DRM to work properly on the new CPU. Some of
> these systems were installed back in the Linux 2.6 era, so I've gone through
> several "Intel DRM not working" steps ever since CPUs started getting
> integrated graphics. 2028 will come fast.

Hi Byron

I will drop this driver from the patchset.

	Andrew