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

[Byron Stanoszek]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2026, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> 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,

Thank you very much.

 -Byron