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

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 21 May 2026, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> > The problem with these sorts of patches is that they often break
> > stuff. This driver has been stable for a long time. Do we care about
> > coding style issues enough that we are happy to possibly break it? Do
> > we want to spend time on debugging it? Probably more time than it took
> > to fix the checkpatch issues?
> 
> The way I look at it, Maciej is the maintainer and has access to HW.
> If we have to keep this driver it's better to modernize it a bit.
> If nothing else it shows the maintainer is willing to put in the effort.

 FWIW I've been around with Linux for 28 years now and have no immediate 
plans to disappear, although as we all know this may happen anytime and 
eventually will anyway.

  Maciej