From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk (zeniv.linux.org.uk [62.89.141.173]) (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 444EB23ABA8; Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=62.89.141.173 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781411320; cv=none; b=kifJU1G0aFh6XaQQ8BlLxWGaByM0EKLfo3susDF72j60WYz9gdi5y5x/yf7DiOLSfcnincpt2h+sZHQ7DMCDUlw98FrpDKASNSFAUM9gSk/ETnyDwk+bPIC8X7SAYRmDePVscHE6ZTFDVLJsCvAY2W0CfUutKGMR6TdaIfzfp70= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781411320; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1CNtR+1XsJcjIVBVOfEfNiScHa+vYZaSO9jfPot9Gks=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=IEuDM3ZDmJfAO05fMccBV0OzymZzonI9fDCWXGjGl7OoxZL8s8DCMwvveenyTMiZQhxTadqp6L1wheliP8mZl26+4BHpghSQVoGiXhbNzStZT4Kd7RJaAlwfLRVPKThOxRroPuH0NmnsnprydWOH3u0L74t3amlzOra72ucfNnE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linux.org.uk header.i=@linux.org.uk header.b=I9M4n4nD; arc=none smtp.client-ip=62.89.141.173 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linux.org.uk header.i=@linux.org.uk header.b="I9M4n4nD" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.org.uk; s=zeniv-20220401; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=3LmUPVq7ivRet6Jr130UTeBbLDPfKykgEhPeYeh3feo=; b=I9M4n4nDkoSjsiJY2yRbOmaPIv X4sAY7NhAgiAvkw13tDkzAsMWpjSphMjEw0gAbsf8N3oj4BqZ5HZ4SnQePEcqKnrOifaiA+PPda58 jc6kSBEN+jBSqJ9dpqgSrVJTC2T1Wl8Fb2s17ITK/ZpN/2DT7HndcU0n+c6t4rMnLNJuWI+iEdUZX XpFzy+VvkKQbc2M2KpMm/B5yd3Tb9IjXghAJagZpWfUHEBgWtkIIMzvdfAamym03kiffH70BIcu4j OZTUetIW7yfR1ZXD9wiXYd8xHoVbLBjOMX5KpoV5SjVz2JqkF+xS5nP9R2Lgt77KVTkZLUfem/yCP LZ8h4lgg==; Received: from viro by zeniv.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.99.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wYcSY-0000000F1KL-2bi1; Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:28:34 +0000 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:28:34 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Gabriel Ramos Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: remove obsolete network and 16-bit video drivers Message-ID: <20260614042834.GO2636677@ZenIV> References: <20260614021629.656478-1-maguraa53@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: <20260614021629.656478-1-maguraa53@gmail.com> Sender: Al Viro On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 11:16:29PM -0300, Gabriel Ramos wrote: > From: Gabriel Ramos Barbosa Mota > > These drivers are currently in the staging tree and have been identified as unmaintained and obsolete. They lack modern hardware support, do not integrate with the current device model, and represent technical debt. This patch removes these drivers to clean up the staging area and reduce the overall maintenance burden, as there is no evidence of active users or ongoing development for these specific components. Signed-off-by: Gabriel Ramos > --- > teste_disco.img | Bin 0 -> 20971520 bytes > 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 teste_disco.img > > diff --git a/teste_disco.img b/teste_disco.img > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13145eb3ecf765e330220f06cf8ad7553c3d9ff2 > GIT binary patch [snip] What this patch does is dropping a 20Mb binary into top-level directory, apparently with empty (and dirty) ext4 image in it (according to debugfs, that is). WTF?