From: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
To: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn>,
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: remove the ipwireless driver
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:14:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803121409.GA867448@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803091938.259944-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 05:19:18PM +0800, Qingfang Deng wrote:
> The last mentions of this driver on local Linux and telco support forums
> date back to 2011. This does not prove that no users remain, but the
> likelihood is too low to justify continuing to carry the driver in the
> kernel.
>
> The maintainer agreed that the driver should be removed and noted that it
> is simple enough to build as an external module if a user resurfaces [1].
>
> Remove the driver along with its Kconfig, defconfig, build and MAINTAINERS
> entries.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260218152330.GI26902@suse.cz/
>
> Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.6
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
This is not for stable trees.
> Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 12:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 9:19 [PATCH] tty: remove the ipwireless driver Qingfang Deng
2026-08-03 12:14 ` David Sterba [this message]
2026-08-03 12:15 ` Jiri Kosina
2026-08-05 7:17 ` Jiri Slaby
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