Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:57:24 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: ethernet: Remove the 8390 network drivers |
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On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 12:50 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote: > a number of the 8390 drivers are still in active use on legacy > architectures. These drivers get occasional updates (not just bugfixes,
Exactly.
> but support for 'new' network cards - I have a patch to add X-Surf 500 > support somewhere in the pipline).
According to the picture on [1], the X-Surf 500 is from 2018. The ASIX AX88796B[2] it is based on seems to be readily available, so new designs may still use the "obsolete" 8390.
[1] https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/produkt-details/product/x-surf-500.html [2] https://www.asix.com.tw/en/product/EmbeddedEthernet/1-Port_Ethernet/AX88796B
> Am 08.08.2021 um 02:56 schrieb Cai Huoqing: > > commit <0cf445ceaf43> ("<netdev: Update status of 8390 based drivers>") > > indicated the 8390 network drivers as orphan/obsolete in Jan 2011, > > updated in the MAINTAINERS file. > > > > now, after being exposed for 10 years to refactoring and > > no one has become its maintainer for the past 10 years, > > so to remove the 8390 network drivers for good. > > > > additionally, 8390 is a kind of old ethernet chip based on > > ISA interface which is hard to find in the market.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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