On 07/29/2015 10:31 AM, Steve Wise wrote: > > >> -----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 >> >> 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 remove it... >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Steve. >>>>> >>>>> Send me a git patch that uses git mv to move it to staging and we’ll 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=linux-kernel&m=143593782206479&w=2 >>>> >>>> For the Ipath driver I was going to send directly to the staging maintainer/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’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’ll just point him to it once he lands. >> >> I'll be sending these through to Linus (as agreed with Greg). However, >> 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 in >> that tree). In this case, the TODO would just be to remove the driver >> 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? If you don't mind, resubmit please. -- Doug Ledford GPG KeyID: 0E572FDD