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 A7E00C531C9 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:11:33 +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=uuUNKxqY+LG3qQIlLd9qfr9KhKPVbYZ6sV4UqffU++M=; b=3pwsVNrD17cCRNdPHmrpJ4ZNGs m9aCp/YVDqYBPezNs9qSvEkuorO8gZweb76SOuj+SScXo4M6/yde6LOI0GwNFWDAp5Arp4v4Ty3oX La6Lv5BxtxU8+XPRRLNLvOOJRyuElQc5JYsrCrwRA69ZxBRf3+xvmJj1+fuhiB4YjZceqU9yIQHTP cZQAROzVlDeuJ7RrYT1Ep9znAP4noynaIfKYsMr/oZMRVZK2rxitOV4icjdSLQ71E1lzY/9ePkr2z ZYuLWnBfR7gpjkQX9pl0iPd1qOj64VTKxvfYyDCNwtKaCYbduReonlHgfu1x9N4TDeu7hIWvU23Wi OD6A5Atw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wnHYd-0000000Gek9-2VCW; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:11:27 +0000 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org ([2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wnHYa-0000000GejS-3aFo for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:11:24 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D831600B0; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 777591F000E9; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:11:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1784905883; bh=uuUNKxqY+LG3qQIlLd9qfr9KhKPVbYZ6sV4UqffU++M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=aKhfvHI6bLFKFB7z6X+qsS4QCJnBrahaBRx3Q/JMuLtPQG+QZ82AtxdGJOSLjb6+P hZuxyfmpixjWi7OE8NnL1tGUa6DudXfIQcogi+bjXFosj5udX2QSa+0E3fRZ5drm63 4ZKF57Cqj4rJIIWBdADeDjPOO7h0uUKLR2z2T1lKkZPliw+GRU4JKdSrAH+sABAIsR xwT64UfzODvP53K1U8a6BooGb1uYn+C8+BbeqvQNhTon/oNb/P0TnwDR9kCqzrRZYz QOtPqW6bQ/OLf8qMXXg/CMtpC4kw7fGsk7m1uu4u8lzIBHS9nEmY91V1v1lFfYBdMW 6zXqy4qAEz1ew== Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:09:32 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Herbert Xu , linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Demi Marie Obenour , Kuldeep Singh , Dmitry Baryshkov Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: qce - Remove driver Message-ID: <20260724150932.GA6763@sol> References: <20260724050645.223799-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <2026072410-drained-acts-3502@gregkh> <2026072412-decrease-sandbag-70a1@gregkh> <20260724141414.GB1876@sol> <2026072455-subtly-prayer-0a8a@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2026072455-subtly-prayer-0a8a@gregkh> 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 Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 05:04:46PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 02:47:48PM +0000, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:14:14 +0200, Eric Biggers said: > > > > > > And with the defaults QCE is *never* used. > > > > > > > It's almost EOD here and I'm going to disconnect for the weekend but I just > > wanted to say before I leave: this has never been a reason for an aggresive > > removal of any driver. We remove drivers when we stop supporting entire > > platforms, not mostly unused drivers on actively *supported* platforms where > > they can still be used for experimentation and testing. I'm fine with dropping > > this from arm64 defconfig but with fixes, the BROKEN tag should be removed > > and I definitely object to removing it from the tree. How many people still > > use greybus? Should we drop it from the kernel too? And I'm saying it as > > a project ARA alumni. :) > > I agree, if someone is willing to maintain it, and there are actual > in-kernel uses of it (meaning not just a stand-alone library that can > never be called either by userspace or hardware), it should stay. What would we be considering the in-kernel uses to be, then? Just wiring it up to the framework is enough, regardless of actual use? - Eric