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=-7.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 12FA3C55179 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FEBB206E3 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:18:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603923537; bh=N+NQkdWPKn2ZUTudXOvRWBS+Bm1QxJ7KxNnTg2lH5w0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=lzwr+D9tbp6JWXfF4yv5XnL4BIgxxjKqX8g2K8tMYRcS7hYy5NDaAa+QwnNgvUbAV hZicW+zPTxgR0al+9x3+HuK79vNlW2CM46byMoCcQty//x52vuG3iubq71c1br+UgP HzuN/M+2JWTgV77VBOPThjsOwCVa2iZBt8xON+n8= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732255AbgJ1WSk (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:18:40 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:60508 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731691AbgJ1WRl (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:17:41 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [122.171.163.58]) (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 B5336223B0; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:05:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603865102; bh=N+NQkdWPKn2ZUTudXOvRWBS+Bm1QxJ7KxNnTg2lH5w0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=HdBCODyFXQJPKZZCNVCFGMmwM+oAYK6nWAuoP3a0QN/qGX2xImUaCFJYl0icPzGTC SXFKMDPGQGpMC9txs/LOurxUqaH6dM3GRg8N8p9H8B7L6ISdBFrzJJV/FtmVS9lpF/ 4maXtsgQGkD8oSp2zImvIdnOtUjXCJpdUhtS2xJE= Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:34:58 +0530 From: Vinod Koul To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Sudeep Dutt , Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , Sherry Sun , Ashutosh Dixit , Nikhil Rao Subject: Re: [PATCH char-misc-next 1/1] misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers Message-ID: <20201028060458.GK3550@vkoul-mobl> References: <8c1443136563de34699d2c084df478181c205db4.1603854416.git.sudeep.dutt@intel.com> <20201028055429.GA244117@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201028055429.GA244117@kroah.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 28-10-20, 06:54, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:14:15PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > > This patch removes the MIC drivers from the kernel tree > > since the corresponding devices have been discontinued. > > Does "discontinued" mean "never shipped a device so no one has access to > this hardware anymore", or does it mean "we stopped shipping devices and > there are customers with this?" > > > Removing the dma and char-misc changes in one patch and > > merging via the char-misc tree is best to avoid any > > potential build breakage. > > > > Cc: Nikhil Rao > > Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Dixit > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Dutt > > I like deleting code, can this go into 5.10-final? I would like that, if unused lets get it cleaned now rather than later :-) Said that, for all dmaengine bits: Acked-By: Vinod Koul -- ~Vinod