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 bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5F2AC5DF71 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2026 05:58:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=i/FErISb+2QnG1P6pu4OzfuEn7EsXrCTB7tFZI6xt/Y=; b=AKbiNDart/gM+5kdyLAP6z21Yl NcTjtTIgSmW3ttAmCA80LUEIjW+uHKyR4BvvIvg+uTs4RqK8AT/tIxrv/7p0AYfAJ/DaSkssAhELk X1C/Sh9bbA6yYpNeZdTqkxJsvtuMclAmw/aFlMKQ9rGlesb7cBZGSBAv5RH23onL3QTfWIqL7vwZy 29BgtDyLPDutoHuIsPcc6Ws8f3zm8ei7UCjF2H2L09eOqT+k6yKpGcDoU5nkeApauFww2WXi8+H7k m/UmIrNy20LX1Lx5dPNSIgMAvLWiJtbe6lyH+Ub9bqza4Ld9UpTUZ1g1nlnx8nZTpARU4SIBY0z4d sgmM5f+w==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wUI8w-0000000CLzb-3wyX; Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:58:26 +0000 Received: from sea.source.kernel.org ([172.234.252.31]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wUI8t-0000000CLz5-3w9h for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:58:25 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69E9441F6; Tue, 2 Jun 2026 05:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EFBCB1F00893; Tue, 2 Jun 2026 05:58:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1780379902; bh=i/FErISb+2QnG1P6pu4OzfuEn7EsXrCTB7tFZI6xt/Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=bJW1kDdfNtPpXHSmmydgicC+jRCKoyenJ0pTetch8dufqFBZT8OAnclAKC+6nmeGW 1+nkcnPHd4QwtYeuhmTNl9V3QI5TfdCmZfp5IjG2nknuig1l4SPcxjuIS0Qwh1J7vT 0xvVp2qmHWksOHK5+wOII9EPoLxHsBpmdIPJJemU= Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:57:26 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Grewstad Cc: Andrew Lunn , jic23@kernel.org, jacobsfeder@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hjk@hansjkoch.de, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] drivers/staging/axis-fifo: TODO file and subsystem direction Message-ID: <2026060202-wad-skittle-263f@gregkh> References: <84d8f2a1-6562-47a9-93d7-2d7ff33c31c0@lunn.ch> <8f7eb9c7-6695-450c-81c4-fb96643adbc2@lunn.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260601_225824_110770_711F730E X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 7.27 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 10:15:49PM +0530, Grewstad wrote: > Thanks. My research shows that no user-space application depends on > this driver. As you said, we cannot determine the subsystem without > knowing the actual end users. If no one is using it, why don't we just delete it then? It can come back if someone shows a real use-case for it. thanks, greg k-h