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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6818C433F5 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:19:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233825AbiD0MWO (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:22:14 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57814 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233707AbiD0MWM (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:22:12 -0400 Received: from m228-13.mailgun.net (m228-13.mailgun.net [159.135.228.13]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPS id 621EE1C100 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:19:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=codeagain.dev; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1651061940; h=In-Reply-To: Content-Type: MIME-Version: References: Message-ID: Subject: Subject: Cc: To: To: From: From: Date: Sender: Sender; bh=lDHZNe0nT4irW3eTAgNGDWgdYeKIe/kVZL3tOBWwFRU=; b=i+SX0qnVpz9a+sxTllPXgem9lldxfb7q8yb4Yf92XPXPLGER3B7C9x2DC+KRaRpntSYpPLJm 5DrSYYzQUimsQaGU9eloyby/vycRjyZ/TFpHubicS/WYyuaFZZDdfRv+5oc770NfaCzWC6/e 5aYbOQNvzWjED0EbYYpgN/NzFWsFFfX7p8fc+CgzZmeyNM7gTQTAQUR0XP40hpot1pONSpqq bLjHUfqvhiJoIhj1b3xdK06qbQdAcK0b9KAe/erHv9vMQDwLV0qYiSNhGaxsweJad8w7NVhU HvvEvtxhzDUmdXiaHPpsMgTi3UcUK9vXhRm/54mjv9+62x5f2uLXDQ== X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 159.135.228.13 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyJkNDU4NiIsICJsaW51eC1rZXJuZWxAdmdlci5rZXJuZWwub3JnIiwgImJlOWM2ZCJd Received: from AN5Bruno (dynamic-user.170.84.57.140.mhnet.com.br [170.84.57.140]) by smtp-out-n02.prod.us-east-1.postgun.com with SMTP id 626934b2e2ec060808280996 (version=TLS1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:18:58 GMT Sender: codeagain@codeagain.dev Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:18:51 -0300 From: Bruno Moreira-Guedes To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Martyn Welch , Manohar Vanga , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, outreachy@lists.linux.dev, Bruno's Patch Watchbox Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] staging: vme: Cleanup driver tree old structures Message-ID: <20220427121851.4e2rjbbabw5sh3lk@AN5Bruno> References: <3e91b72a86294b542acf460657d0fd94adeb252e.camel@welchs.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ozx2ugy2xoiesmr2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --ozx2ugy2xoiesmr2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:39:36AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 08:16:05PM +0100, Martyn Welch wrote: > > On Wed, 2022-04-20 at 18:43 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 08:29:49PM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote: > > > > This patch series modify the vme_user driver's place in > > > > menuconfig (1/3), fixes a missing `depends on` line in a Kconfig > > > > file > > > > (2/3), and rearrages the directory tree for the driver allowing a > > > > more > > > > straightforward comprehension of its contents (3/3). > > > >=20 > > > > The 'vme_user/' driver is the only remaining vme-family driver in > > > > the > > > > 'staging/' tree, but its structure, entry in menuconfig and > > > > building > > > > routines are still attached to the 'vme/' subtree now outside > > > > 'staging/'. The present patchset fixes it. > > > >=20 > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruno Moreira-Guedes > > >=20 > > > What about deleting the vme drivers entirely? > >=20 > > I assume you're suggesting deleting the "vme_user" driver from the > > staging directory? >=20 > Yes, at the very least given that no one has tried to fix it up and get > it out of staging in many years. While I cannot comment anything on that regard, I imagine the v4 I sent a couple of days ago will wait for that decision, right? Should I prepare a patch removing them and also submit so when it's decided you can just pick one patch or the other? >=20 > > > Martyn, anyone still using these? > > >=20 > >=20 > > I'm fairly sure that the actual VME drivers for the hardware bridges > > (the bits not in staging) are still being used based on the > > conversations I've had today. I'm just trying to find out whether the > > vme_user bit is actively being used. >=20 > If the non-staging vme drivers are still being used, that's great. But > if not, those too should be dropped. >=20 > thanks, >=20 > greg k-h --ozx2ugy2xoiesmr2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYIAB0WIQQTUrsHCxGmQ5vyKRAZtd3tyEY2kgUCYmk0qwAKCRAZtd3tyEY2 kpwYAQCrlryNZKRr4pjYMNYiw16wCWeN/FdxcwJ91tpjk1knhQD/USmN0/PzLk72 ZMTB2vAScMsQQzm7elD4Ag3eBLrmqQU= =RKaF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ozx2ugy2xoiesmr2--