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[84.160.113.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-a93c2979e00sm214526466b.158.2024.09.27.23.41.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:41:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <50020db0-3bad-41f5-8da3-c66bc0a90fe6@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:41:51 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: [RFC] staging: gdm724x: Proposal to delete drivers gdmtty and gdmulte From: Philipp Hortmann To: Jonathan Kim , Dean ahn , Won Kang , support@gctsemi.com Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, Nathan Chancellor , Larry Finger References: <78b521eb-4e89-4c01-8dfc-1fb990e6887d@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <78b521eb-4e89-4c01-8dfc-1fb990e6887d@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Sirs, Won Kang from gct contributed the driver gdm724x to the Linux kernel staging subsystem in 2013. The following points let me propose to delete the driver: - This driver generates maintenance workload (for example CVE) - The manufacturer is not interested and does not care as Emails or inquiries, to support or involved persons of gct, got unanswered. - Did not find a possibility to buy the chips. - Did not find minimal documentation on the web. - Did not find a device where it is build in and the user is able to install any Linux. Therefore it is not possible to do any testing of the driver from the community. - No blog entries about anyone using the gdmtty and gdmulte. - No response about usage of this drivers to the Email from April 2024 https://lore.kernel.org/all/78b521eb-4e89-4c01-8dfc-1fb990e6887d@gmail.com/ Thanks for any response about your thoughts. Bye Philipp