Re: [PATCH REPOST] pcmcia: Remove NEC VRC4173 CARDU

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>]

On 2020-11-13 22:34:08 [+0100], To linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote:
> This driver is the very definition of bitrotting:
> - Introduced in commit
>   79a140932c776 ("[PATCH] mips: vR41xx updates")
>   which is 2.6.11-rc3.
> 
> - Provides ->register_callback which was removed in commit
>   7f316b033b36a ("[PATCH] pcmcia: remove socket register_callback")
>   which is v2.6.14-rc3
> 
> - Uses INIT_WORK() with three arguments which was removed in commit
>   65f27f38446e1 ("WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data")
>   which is v2.6.20-rc1
> 
> - Provides ->inquire_socket and uses socket_cap_t which was removed in
>   commit
>   b7949fdacbe00 ("[PCMCIA] Remove inquire_socket")
>   which is 2.5.72
> 
> - Provides ->get_io_map which was removed in commit
>   d7de1b64a23b9 ("[PCMCIA] pcmcia-2: Remove get_io_map and get_mem_map socket methods.")
>   which is 2.5.66
> 
> Remove VRC4173 CARDU from the tree because it never had the luck to be
> successfully compiled. Let it finally find peace in byte heaven.
…
> This is a repost of
> 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201001193234.gi6fp4vk3dypwifv@linutronix.de
> 
> which was a repost of
> 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200916081629.cfi6svr3yjvzimqs@linutronix.de

Andrew, are you okay with routing this via your tree?
Nobody responded to this and as I documented in the patch description it
never compiled so.

Sebastian