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 8FD40C531FA for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:05:12 +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=J20cEnp8PovEA/g12VR916ZnfHt50GcHPHMTtaTEiVg=; b=i3uE2ZrwhQWjN7M6DweSi5m0ce 78vlXlu3ykzPZQ2ulH4lP7zJ6UgX9fVjMDvhJ746WMjI5YXh6PF8yMG1dGGVtgQDb0Y2IqqpNqwwS ZaOohssaAie9muEyAOWCXFDHtWkae1ScAmTz1f/e/uQRNph8wf27h1M+s5QRzAXC20+XACzuH4jL8 gTYWwp4tnCVfJoOBjds+0DFx6+uGQwZ+p7o1MjD+kS2YoXwDkPd9uPBfr5zgTSPIXXfEF9avY0g6R 6oHiTNUaPzIw0+AtbdqQkJshA5+O2/yhmHYTWS+ojcdawqdCxSsMXmlXoUaCxr7V1u4y1V9fWbcap qVSmkSSA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wnHSU-0000000Gdot-1v1v; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:05:06 +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 1wnHSM-0000000Gdln-1cfa for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:04:58 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B005F600B0; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:04:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC9031F000E9; Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:04:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1784905497; bh=J20cEnp8PovEA/g12VR916ZnfHt50GcHPHMTtaTEiVg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=BAk4wQ+/Wa6HGA5fWaRxaMM4erqhLgYbfehDK/3pX/9VFTbUAT0LmZV0FOCA7WAUW lXh3hVmb6hP/EwvEs8l8FF4/1f0OEdvvhfGp/nqgBuD/biTEwc/KzeIbwO0Y5sh6sY 1qCUaFBnq6Tgf0xoqRlO/qc77rUF64i7CDr3kXIQ= Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:04:46 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Eric Biggers , 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: <2026072455-subtly-prayer-0a8a@gregkh> References: <20260724050645.223799-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <2026072410-drained-acts-3502@gregkh> <2026072412-decrease-sandbag-70a1@gregkh> <20260724141414.GB1876@sol> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 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. thanks, greg k-h