From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Steve Wise" Subject: RE: deprecating amso1100 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:31:29 -0500 Message-ID: <017301d0ca0b$423decf0$c6b9c6d0$@opengridcomputing.com> References: <55AE93E0.9060002@opengridcomputing.com> <1AE4059B-F6BD-48ED-A1C6-8A9024DDF217@redhat.com> <0F66BC31-60A1-4513-B858-17A75BFD42DA@redhat.com> <55B8E30D.5090205@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <55B8E30D.5090205-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Content-Language: en-us Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: 'Doug Ledford' , 'Dennis Dalessandro' Cc: linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Ledford [mailto:dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org] > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:28 AM > To: Dennis Dalessandro > Cc: Steve Wise; linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > Subject: Re: deprecating amso1100 >=20 > On 07/21/2015 04:45 PM, Doug Ledford wrote: > > > >> On Jul 21, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Dalessandro, Dennis wrote: > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org [mailto:linux-rdma- > >>> owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Doug Ledford > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:49 PM > >>> To: Steve Wise > >>> Cc: linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > >>> Subject: Re: deprecating amso1100 > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 2:48 PM, Steve Wise > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hey Doug, > >>>> > >>>> How should I submit changes to deprecate amso1100? The HW hasn'= t been > >>> sold since 2005, and the SW has definite bit rot. Its time to re= move it... > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Steve. > >>> > >>> Send me a git patch that uses git mv to move it to staging and we= =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2ll leave it > >>> there for a release or two and then remove it after that. > >> > >> Steve, "git format-patch -M" does a nice job creating a patch that= can actually be looked at via email. > >> > >> http://marc.info/?l=3Dlinux-kernel&m=3D143593782206479&w=3D2 > >> > >> For the Ipath driver I was going to send directly to the staging m= aintainer/list. Doug, should that come to you through linux-rdma > instead? > > > > I sent an email to Greg K-H to ask that question. It doesn=E2=80=99= t matter to me. If you want, send the email to this list and if I get = a response > from GKH that he wants to take it, I=E2=80=99ll just point him to it = once he lands. >=20 > I'll be sending these through to Linus (as agreed with Greg). Howeve= r, > the patches need a TODO file added to the driver directory when it is > placed in the staging tree (that's a mandatory requirement of being i= n > that tree). In this case, the TODO would just be to remove the drive= r > as some point in time. That point it pretty arbitrary, but I would > suggest removing the driver in the 4.6 merge window. Sure. Will you create this file or do you want a patch from me? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html