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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500DAC433E0 for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EAA62075A for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:22:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1590121351; bh=/QRtu1E1NSMc8JFEnQUW1G07ufTt5859/T+sz2ryKl8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=1P+0H91gPw57HY9pYRjHYWo13QICmprGq8lJJ/Zmr3Rh2sE7Z3l1CYvRjwrSFykaC xCbZIzO4hAFP7bXj5tYDmDNYunlXmcHxPO7aryCCpTypviYi/QKqgLExTfTJILCCPq tq2G2LOWUhqnrJXOZNLFAzzheudm2NjcxDLXGCks= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725956AbgEVEWa (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2020 00:22:30 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40542 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725921AbgEVEWa (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2020 00:22:30 -0400 Received: from coco.lan (ip5f5ad5c5.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [95.90.213.197]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D089206DD; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:22:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1590121350; bh=/QRtu1E1NSMc8JFEnQUW1G07ufTt5859/T+sz2ryKl8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=D+MqBo/sT0ezZqNSR//NUhT+ll/VDzGsrO8hzrUSPFLlsXrqnkOkL2ysxYcbHb0Cd etx5nwkBuq61T5GBYBY+YvSGzkWCStjCywr7YVX5uaoNLmkx8+c3njI6OJKJkbxcj+ gJDlB0HxzPGyjFQk8QYmAPU1ZFna2+2X9KDMbpDk= Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 06:22:25 +0200 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Jordan , Masahiro Yamada , Mike Rapoport Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] docs: add bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt to core-api Message-ID: <20200522062225.6f73d811@coco.lan> In-Reply-To: <20200515115321.6e00ba57@lwn.net> References: <20200515115321.6e00ba57@lwn.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Em Fri, 15 May 2020 11:53:21 -0600 Jonathan Corbet escreveu: > On Fri, 1 May 2020 17:37:46 +0200 > Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > > This describes an old interface used prior the new DMA-API > > interfaces. Add it to the core-api guide, just after the > > DMA stuff. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab > > --- > > .../bus-virt-phys-mapping.rst} | 0 > > Documentation/core-api/index.rst | 1 + > > 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+) > > rename Documentation/{bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt => core-api/bus-virt-phys-mapping.rst} (100%) > > For this one, I think we should maybe just delete the file. It contains a > warning from *20 years ago* saying not to use it, and talks about > functions like isa_readl() that haven't existed i the kernel for some > time. Is there any reason to keep dragging it around? Except for "keeping it for historical reasons" (as mentioned at the file), I don't see any reason why to keep it. It might be useful if someone wants to port some OOT code based on a legacy kernel. Yet, if you prefer to just trash it, I'm ok with that. Thanks, Mauro