Re: [PATCH net 0/5] ethernet: 3c509: Bring driver back and make some fixes

From: David Laight

Date: Thu May 21 2026 - 13:05:30 EST


On Thu, 21 May 2026 13:45:26 +0100 (BST)
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 May 2026, Andrew Lunn wrote:
...
> NB as I point out in the cover letter I made sure there's been no change
> to binary code produced, so I expect no fallout, and as we discussed with
> Jakub the removal of the driver broke `git blame' anyway, so there should
> be no cost associated with the cleanup.

Can 'we' make sure that the commit that re-instates it has the git tag of the
old version in the commit message.
That lets people go back across the remove-add.

-- David

>
> So as I say, may you both please weigh in pros and cons and let me know
> of the outcome? I'll then proceed accordingly.
>
> Maciej
>