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Re: Removing ARCNET stuffs



On Wed, 27 May 2015 18:18:06 +0900
Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> > What are the reasons behind removing working parts from the source tree
> > anyway? Aren't there more important things to do?
> 
> We're working on making the network stack MP-safe and runnable in
> parallel. That requires an overhaul of the entire source tree.

Ok. That might be important enough to sacrifice it, when there really
is no other option.

As far as I can see Arcnet is only used by the Amiga bah(4) driver.
Isn't it possible to keep it somehow, as an MP-safe network stack would
be irrelevant for the Amiga platform?

-- 
Frank Wille


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