From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:32:07 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Lars-Peter Clausen , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, Peter Meerwald-Stadler , Hartmut Knaack , Jonathan Cameron Subject: Re: [PATCH 47/47] staging: iio: remove iio-trig-bfin-timer driver Message-ID: <20180314163207.GA4279@kroah.com> References: <20180314153603.3127932-1-arnd@arndb.de> <20180314153603.3127932-48-arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20180314153603.3127932-48-arnd@arndb.de> List-ID: On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > The blackfin architecture is getting removed, so the timer trigger > driver is now obsolete. Since this is the last remaining iio trigger > driver in staging, I'm removing the entire directory. > > I'm not sure about the other staging iio drivers though: almost > all of them are for Analog Devices devices like this one. They > are likely used along with blackfin SoCs, but could easily be > used on any others as well. > > It might be time to consider whether they should be removed, but > it doesn't feel like a decision that I should be making. The IIO driver maintainer/developers are talking about that currently, I think they have a plan for those other drivers. > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman