From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove cpqarray from mainline kernel Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:55:09 -0600 Message-ID: <526167ED.1010503@kernel.dk> References: <20131017175226.GA31535@thumper.usa.hp.com> <20131017141337.425f84c630ffe1c7c61c4dc4@linux-foundation.org> <20131017223616.GB32575@kernel.dk> <48275AD710FCA34184C2B6186B4016B32D15F735@G6W2491.americas.hpqcorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <48275AD710FCA34184C2B6186B4016B32D15F735@G6W2491.americas.hpqcorp.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" , Andrew Morton Cc: LKML-scsi , LKML List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On 10/18/2013 10:22 AM, Miller, Mike (OS Dev) wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jens Axboe [mailto:axboe@kernel.dk] >> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:36 PM >> To: Andrew Morton >> Cc: Miller, Mike (OS Dev); LKML-scsi; LKML >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove cpqarray from mainline kernel >> >> On Thu, Oct 17 2013, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:52:26 -0500 Mike Miller >> wrote: >>> >>>> cpqarray hasn't been used in over 12 years. It's doubtful that >>>> anyone still uses the board. It's time the driver was removed from the >> mainline kernel. >>>> The only updates these days are minor and mostly done by people >> outside of HP. >>> >>> It's amazing the weird stuff people get up to. Perhaps we should >>> disable it in config for a cycle or two, see if that flushes anyone out? >> >> I think that would be prudent, you never know what people run... >> >> -- >> Jens Axboe > > I agree with Andrew's suggestion. Should I submit a patch that only removes cpqarray from config? I put one in yesterday: http://git.kernel.dk/?p=linux-block.git;a=commit;h=f504954db0ecccaded5397e3432cdaf7175602fb -- Jens Axboe