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 vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0565EC4332F for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 16:19:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229598AbiLXQS7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2022 11:18:59 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47818 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229570AbiLXQS6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2022 11:18:58 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 167D89583; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 08:18:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from zn.tnic (p5de8e9fe.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.232.233.254]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 8AACE1EC04F0; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:18:55 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1671898735; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=RVJ0PnNUNU0W/A0zqIX1b4pYOT85QscQ0XmdXgufrJs=; b=ZpSoTeAT+I5wjboJ+nasStScKU69dGFgtCbE8hJGMifjRYOwfO1MpaHJBNoK/gjdAwfupj NtuUCAbpGCYuVYxWaIp2ZrHdN3cbDkkpth7eiYk/5xcP4He+omtt5lDeYDMDmLtPOPnBCY Ow2ZKdoIr0VA3vyBaeomhZ1wstQQcQY= Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:18:51 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Pali =?utf-8?B?Um9ow6Fy?= Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jens Axboe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Thomas Maier , linux-block@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: remove driver. Message-ID: References: <20221202182758.1339039-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20221224095353.w32xhmyzlft6qi4v@pali> <20221224101139.sgvhr2n3pbrs4agm@pali> <20221224133425.vlcxbaaynihiom4a@pali> <20221224154842.o4ngrwmskduowttm@pali> <20221224160055.ln3dbhx7dnut7dwi@pali> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20221224160055.ln3dbhx7dnut7dwi@pali> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 05:00:55PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > Maybe it would be a wise to read a documentation which is in the kernel > source tree? I guess you mean udftools... > Or at least read the deletion patch itself as it is linked from there? You mean the documentation file is pointed at there? > Or what else could be easier than this? Well, apparently it ain't as easy because people do not necessarily see it how you see it. That's why I'm asking. I have removed ancient stuff in the past myself and it is not always easy to go dig out who uses it and whether it is used at all in the first place. And people do not always reply and projects are dead and they maybe use it but the machine which has this hw hasn't been booted for a decade and it ain't worth the enegry to power it back on and so so on and so on... So you don't have to get all worked up about it - if it is really used, I'm sure the maintainers involved will do the right decision. The point is, finding out whether something still has users and with the latest kernel is not always trivial. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette