Re: [PATCH net v2 13/15] drivers: net: 8390: pcnet: Remove this driver

[Dominik Brodowski]

Am Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 02:04:10PM +0200 schrieb Andrew Lunn:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 07:49:24AM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 01:01:56PM -0500, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > The pcnet was written by David A. Hindsh in 1999. It is an PCMCIA
> > > device, so unlikely to be used with modern kernels.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Kconfig    |   11 -
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/8390/Makefile   |    1 -
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c | 1717 ----------------------------------
> > 
> > NACK for this one. This is the most common PCMCIA networking device, so
> > should be removed only once the rest of the PCMCIA subsystem is removed.
> 
> Please submit a patch to MAINTAINERS making yourself the Maintainer of
> this driver, if you want to keep it around.

Feel free to move the MAINTAINER entry for this to the PCMCIA subsystem, as
patches will be handled then via the PCMCIA tree anyway.

Best,
	Dominik