From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Gortmaker Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: evict abandoned 68360serial.c driver from 3.4 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:02:29 -0400 Message-ID: <4F734425.9010204@windriver.com> References: <1332889631-21316-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <20120328150528.GD19862@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail1.windriver.com ([147.11.146.13]:34317 "EHLO mail1.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753118Ab2C1RDA (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:03:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120328150528.GD19862@kroah.com> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Greg KH Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby , Geert Uytterhoeven , Alan Cox On 12-03-28 11:05 AM, Greg KH wrote: > 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 >> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven >> Cc: Alan Cox >> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker > > 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. Thanks Greg, I only happened to stumble upon it last night or I would have sent it earlier. No harm in it sitting there another release. Feel free to prune the "from 3.4" off the end of the shortlog. Paul. > > greg k-h