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=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,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 86A50C388F7 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6D02245A for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:49:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603921752; bh=yVEfc4+gOF4s/3xGZTQCBpdsAOxojMx9ZF/7nK6oM/I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=C/vYBgJbuv5TtWho9St0+zFJSZM0LDsRuGUSNKH5ePrW9ytWwM2/9SucycH7E1tFi 2ZszH+ydGiz12ruTzTwRHQ+FQUvmktD2P09ZkBiUKUxMGhZv1d1vNHHXHTR3rkFCEG QVfDVZDqC5HEks/Z5I+dVUxOBhHHvhPsUkChAb04= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727460AbgJ1VtK (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:49:10 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41568 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727683AbgJ1VrX (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:47:23 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (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 9637C247FD; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:08:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603908538; bh=yVEfc4+gOF4s/3xGZTQCBpdsAOxojMx9ZF/7nK6oM/I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=E0YnPcnjOExKX6+eztVKyGMzzPpsfM8/XUjQvIDmiU3H8ekOh3AEAu/6VYxa7Yvxf Wmw2Jkck3TiDXj+B8Xr2j/07yhl0fmpFIIzW00vaKKUnjA0Npv7L47E9eFwmEOhxWV T6Bf/EknL7w8iqvyrUePpzRg3nJ/7Z0rM9BG4rf8= Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:09:49 +0100 From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" To: "Dutt, Sudeep" Cc: "corbet@lwn.net" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "sherry.sun@nxp.com" , "dmaengine@vger.kernel.org" , "Rao, Nikhil" , "Dixit, Ashutosh" , "vkoul@kernel.org" , "arnd@arndb.de" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH char-misc-next 1/1] misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers Message-ID: <20201028180949.GB2831268@kroah.com> 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: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 05:22:01PM +0000, Dutt, Sudeep wrote: > On Wed, 2020-10-28 at 06:54 +0100, 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?" > > Hi Greg, > > We are not aware of any customers of the upstreamed MIC drivers. The > drivers were upstreamed primarily to lay a foundation for enabling the > next generation MIC devices which did not ship. Ok, thanks for the explanation. > > > > 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? > > Yes, we would prefer this goes into v5.10. I am hoping you can carry > the Ack from Vinod and the Reviewed-by from Sherry but I can resend the > patch with those updates in the commit message if required. I did > verify that this patch passes allmodconfig and allyesconfig builds with > your latest char-misc-next tree. I can pick them up automatically, no worries, thanks! greg k-h