On 04/24/2015 08:47 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2015-04-24 at 19:20 +0200, Michael Grzeschik wrote: >> Hi! > > Hello. > >> This patch series tries to reanimate the ARCNET hardware layer to be >> somehow readable and maintainable again. It includes a lot of cleanup >> patches. It also adds some fixes which leads the layer to become usable >> again. And as a special treatment it adds more features like correct >> loading and unloading of the com20020 card. > > Wow. Good for you, but why? Does anyone still use these?
Yes, there are parts of the industry where "old" machines are retrofitted with new hardware...and a lot of these machines still talk ARCNET :) Marc -- Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de |
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