From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: evict abandoned 68360serial.c driver from 3.4 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:05:28 -0700 Message-ID: <20120328150528.GD19862@kroah.com> References: <1332889631-21316-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:36523 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755930Ab2C1PFc (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:05:32 -0400 Received: by pbcun15 with SMTP id un15so1894820pbc.19 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1332889631-21316-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Gortmaker Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby , Geert Uytterhoeven , Alan Cox On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 07:07:11PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > commit 3a0db7215c88077b61a673215756ec4a0dc0c7a5 > > "TTY: serial, move 68360 driver to staging" > > did so because the driver had remained broken since 2008. It also > added this text to the TODO file: > > "If no one steps up to adopt any of these drivers, they will > be removed in the 3.4 release." > > A quick search on the internet doesn't reveal anyone actively > trying to update/fix this driver, so follow through on the above > and remove it from the pending 3.4 release. > > Cc: Jiri Slaby > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven > Cc: Alan Cox > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Thanks for this, but as I missed the merge window for 3.4, I'll queue it up for 3.5 just to be safe. greg k-h