On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 01:39:36AM -0800, Paul Fulghum wrote: > > > > On Nov 5, 2020, at 1:10 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirisl...@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > OK, let the loop alone. I would bet a half a pig that noone is able to test > > this driver. But one has to write this for someone to raise and admit they > > are still using it. In fact, there are _4_ google replies to "Microgate > > Corporation" "SyncLink Multiport Adapter" "lspci". > > > > The hardware used with synclink.c and synclinkmp.c has not been manufactured > for 15 years and was low volume. The chances of either driver still being in > use is very low. Not even Microgate (me) has the ability to test either > anymore (no hardware). I don’t know the policy about driver removal, but I > think both could be removed without upsetting anyone. > > synclink_gt.c is still in production and the driver still actively used. > > If there are no objections to removing the the old drivers > (synclink.c/synclink_mp.c) I could make a patch to do so tomorrow (it is > 1:30am here now). Nothing eliminates niggling warnings like removing dead > code.
Great, please submit a patch to remove these, I will always take patches to delete lines :) thanks, greg k-h
