From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93455C3524A for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2020 07:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2BD2166E for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2020 07:15:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1580800552; bh=K79BsejKQ50ooIm4cS9/TH4bKCFwVULRlWaG1bw1O3g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=kIZXHrDHvaLT/J3p61GKWFRFQ/0e9WHJuI6vW6Rq0HS6EFM7kupyxhb+RDfOzGncc izlkInfuvrmNJePaWu0NBx2AquThV0HjGx4lklSKzYQDMK+Ncky7QTaHUXNxsyBVNz LzNRwbrLL5XGYdUaN75cUkVVWL0NhH54uT9KFwWA= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726689AbgBDHPv (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Feb 2020 02:15:51 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55156 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726151AbgBDHPv (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Feb 2020 02:15:51 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [167.98.85.149]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 39F7621582; Tue, 4 Feb 2020 07:15:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1580800550; bh=K79BsejKQ50ooIm4cS9/TH4bKCFwVULRlWaG1bw1O3g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MJ8LifNB43rUOT4G3OQdF9A7P8ClC6nqiWgyxcO+68PtUHKi0uaXE+On8By4kSPjH j7LPyxfEbj9xf5tjAgzsSvqpXGQQo9VlyvScilYKOG9JMjFMKVzTleteVTvcrj9rBI ZVJOsOebEvGU7vO7rXRVJ6zKPmEVxOgaQ+rAQ/MA= Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 07:15:48 +0000 From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" To: Chris Packham Cc: "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , "ddaney.cavm@gmail.com" , "pundirsumit11@gmail.com" , "aaro.koskinen@iki.fi" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "nishkadg.linux@gmail.com" , "frank@generalsoftwareinc.com" , "laura.lazzati.15@gmail.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: octeon-usb: delete the octeon usb host controller driver Message-ID: <20200204071548.GB966981@kroah.com> References: <20191210091509.3546251-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20191210091509.3546251-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 04:06:51AM +0000, Chris Packham wrote: > On Tue, 2019-12-10 at 10:15 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > This driver was merged back in 2013 and shows no progress toward every > > being merged into the "correct" part of the kernel. The code doesn't > > even build for anyone unless you have the specific hardware platform > > selected, so odds are it doesn't even work anymore. > > > > Remove it for now and is someone comes along that has the hardware and > > is willing to fix it up, it can be reverted. > > > > Cc: Aaro Koskinen > > Cc: David Daney > > Cc: Nishka Dasgupta > > Cc: Himadri Pandya > > Cc: "Frank A. Cancio Bello" > > Cc: Sumit Pundir > > Cc: Laura Lazzati > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > --- > > Similarly we'd really like to keep this too. Great, same thing here! thanks, greg k-h