From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161075AbWAHAAe (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:00:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161077AbWAHAAe (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:00:34 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:48843 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161075AbWAHAAe (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:00:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] no longer mark MTD_OBSOLETE_CHIPS as BROKEN and remove broken MTD_OBSOLETE_CHIPS drivers From: David Woodhouse To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <20060107220702.GZ3774@stusta.de> References: <20060107220702.GZ3774@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:09 +0000 Message-Id: <1136678409.30348.26.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 23:07 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > This patch brings the MTD_SHARP driver back into life and removes the > non-compiling MTD_AMDSTD and MTD_JEDEC with everything depending on > them. Please provide further background on your reasoning. I'll enumerate my questions to make it easy for you to answer each one fully. 1. Precisely when were these chip drivers marked obsolete? 2. What was the reason for marking them obsolete? 3. What are the factors which led you to conclude that _now_ is the time to actually remove them? 4. What are the factors which led you to _remove_ the map drivers which currently use the obsolete chip drivers, rather than taking the obvious alternative solution for those map drivers? -- dwmw2