In case it wasn't clear: when there's a known-to-crash device driver (e.g., 
DEC PDQ w/ varrious bus attachments), and no-one to support it,, then IMHO 
removing it from -current is the right thing to do.

 However, now that there's an (obviously required) one-line fix, and someone 
actively using it, willing to maintain, (even improve!) handling of 
Etnernet-like multicast addresses, and even willing to ship a pair of 
thin-client systems with DEFPA interfaces to someone if the volunteer isn't 
suitable.... then also IMHO restoring the code (and required FDDI machinery), 
then restoring said driver in -current also seems, IMHO, the right thing to do.


(See earlier in thread for why faster-than-10Mbit Ethernet cannot replace FDDI 
on a number of buses and arches, where Ethernet faster than 10Mbit were either 
never implemented, or no longer available, or not affordable.)  

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