Re: [PATCH 0/6] Re-instate octeon staging drivers

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 06:25:34PM +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 于2020年3月4日周三 下午2:39写道：
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 09:48:46AM +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> > > Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 于2020年2月13日周四 上午5:52写道：
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:11:10PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> > > > > This series re-instates the octeon drivers that were recently removed and
> > > > > addresses the build issues that lead to that decision.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've approached Cavium/Marvell about taking a more active interest in getting
> > > > > the code out of staging and into their proper location. No reply on that (yet).
> > > >
> > > > Good luck with talking to the companies, hopefully that will work.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I've applied this series, thanks for this, let's see what breaks
> > > > now :)
> > >
> > > Did you meet any problem to merge Chris's patchset?
> >
> > They are all in linux-next, so you can see for yourself :)
> 
> Thank you so much. I found it.
> It is very important for Debian MIPS Ports as we are using some of
> Octeon machines.

If it is so important, why is no one working on fixing these drivers up?

thanks,

greg k-h