From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: evict abandoned 68360serial.c driver from 3.4
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:05:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120328150528.GD19862@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1332889631-21316-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 07:07:11PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> commit 3a0db7215c88077b61a673215756ec4a0dc0c7a5
>
> "TTY: serial, move 68360 driver to staging"
>
> did so because the driver had remained broken since 2008. It also
> added this text to the TODO file:
>
> "If no one steps up to adopt any of these drivers, they will
> be removed in the 3.4 release."
>
> A quick search on the internet doesn't reveal anyone actively
> trying to update/fix this driver, so follow through on the above
> and remove it from the pending 3.4 release.
>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Thanks for this, but as I missed the merge window for 3.4, I'll queue it
up for 3.5 just to be safe.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-28 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-27 23:07 [PATCH] staging: evict abandoned 68360serial.c driver from 3.4 Paul Gortmaker
2012-03-28 7:31 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-03-28 15:05 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-03-28 17:02 ` Paul Gortmaker
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