From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8182189520; Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728466888; cv=none; b=EjPGSeP1BnaDmsuVTkTnzh89e9TNi5oEsk5uHT9f7GKjq6J+tp/fU/E5b+ABCRuA0pMe9l8E7eR588dkt06klicgrQ4a5Uif/NgQEqwgVUYyxoww9jEEa0J47SGAsJbPv8ocaomKKXXRy1padbTBwOtQsvEml1mND8FyRqtMmm8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728466888; c=relaxed/simple; bh=CWh34LibZXlyJNOO3srJJdsoa1wvoEYUnQ31EqCgTnU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=VJ1y2C92G4v62R4MqWLlz1NuIpSNVrl7MvM6oTnqZYt8ubK+JfMOspQKhrVUSgLliAN5tvFy2fwoiS4AJm8/b1fPqrAh/BhPPkDLgc3AobI+Hm2NDAvZcC2m/dnuSkm5gqVPWQHLuXpSOIDoCtVQgHb33z8J0VzqApVwFitS4rQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=m56B5u3p; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="m56B5u3p" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00B39C4CEC5; Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:41:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1728466888; bh=CWh34LibZXlyJNOO3srJJdsoa1wvoEYUnQ31EqCgTnU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=m56B5u3plVQIILtme8axsIxFzywwjtTvcDhJdLpO8cHKXNAlZVCn/QVeH0PFSGWFh sjbL2xK3iXJfCmeuuHFRcxw0Y5jTmFOMUynFkSTF+ZitW+bDWENm5JWADKQ0U5qXDf kotyRrAaxFDmurTb5esblLuHLr/UXQLQkslnmjqo= Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 11:41:25 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Philipp Hortmann Cc: Jonathan Kim , Dean ahn , Won Kang , support@gctsemi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, Nathan Chancellor , Larry Finger Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: gdm724x: Proposal to delete drivers gdmtty and gdmulte Message-ID: <2024100910-smoky-condiment-2298@gregkh> References: <78b521eb-4e89-4c01-8dfc-1fb990e6887d@gmail.com> <50020db0-3bad-41f5-8da3-c66bc0a90fe6@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50020db0-3bad-41f5-8da3-c66bc0a90fe6@gmail.com> On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 08:41:51AM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > Won Kang from gct contributed the driver gdm724x to the Linux kernel staging > subsystem in 2013. > > The following points let me propose to delete the driver: > - This driver generates maintenance workload (for example CVE) > - The manufacturer is not interested and does not care as Emails or > inquiries, to support or involved persons of gct, got unanswered. > - Did not find a possibility to buy the chips. > - Did not find minimal documentation on the web. > - Did not find a device where it is build in and the user is able to install > any Linux. Therefore it is not possible to do any testing of the driver from > the community. > - No blog entries about anyone using the gdmtty and gdmulte. > - No response about usage of this drivers to the Email from April 2024 > https://lore.kernel.org/all/78b521eb-4e89-4c01-8dfc-1fb990e6887d@gmail.com/ > > Thanks for any response about your thoughts. Sounds good, let's delete it, send me a patch and I'll be glad to take it. thanks, greg k-h