Re: acorn26: econet

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 13 February 2018 at 15:56, Maxime Villard <max%m00nbsd.net@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> following the removal of port-acorn26 two weeks ago, we are left with no
> kernel user of the Econet code.
>
> The only users were in acorn26/ioc/if_eca.c, and they're now gone. There are
> no good reasons to keep the code anymore, it should go to the attic like
> acorn26 did, since it was acorn26-specific.
>
> Most of the code is in net/if_eco.h and net/if_ecosubr.c, with very few
> references outside.

The RiscPC (acorn32) can fit an Econet podule, but they were pretty
rare and if someone really wanted to make it work they know where the
Attic is - particularly if the existing driver was acorn26 only...

David