Re: [PATCH 3/5] lpfc 10.2.8001.0: Removed obsolete PCI IDs from the driver

[Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>]

On 05/19/2014 07:39 PM, James Smart wrote:
> :)
>
> for those distros, that want to pull only upstream'd patches, and where
> customers expect someone to take phone calls on any hardware recognized
> by the distro... the patch is to remove the hardware Emulex/the distro
> won't answer any questions for anymore.
>
> true - the hardware, if you can find it lying around somewhere, may
> still function. It won't get firmware updates, nor any mindshare. I'm
> not sure where the policy is for upstream - is it truly once known, can
> never be taken away ?
>
Problem is, no-one does.

But I've proposed a micro-conf at LPC in October to discuss exactly
this. You're welcomed to join :-)
It would be good to have a mechanism which would retain the 
functionality, but at the same time indicating that for any errors
you might be on your own.

Cheers,

Hannes
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