From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23901C54EBD for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 12:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232007AbjAGMZw (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2023 07:25:52 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44358 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231835AbjAGMZu (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2023 07:25:50 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x330.google.com (mail-wm1-x330.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::330]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C0489B; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 04:25:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x330.google.com with SMTP id ay40so2784548wmb.2; Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:25:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4COzEezxUwScBdBUCQmXBfkEZMLwyu6bk+7AMynRWyg=; b=I5VR5+vkAsCwsaI6ASMeQWrTa120CyUxdOBt5Y9vBflQ04CpFbUXl/oT0b0dwXCY89 kJi0N1tFqkEzvTZZHaJt9I8RKT8splcT/Zl+lL0fKC/eZO89ND0RfB0FU/lCzYUhj+60 fDvkXsinZrgSvUeZXCEUDeFOrQpES84p7A+qQNd2bdPQzG6dAK8oZ7w0w/pWMik2LjnZ bEHwTw3gu37tVxD8H/8geT2VanX+56vAOao3rGJidMAZaaH01FZSARVT2kerssmrYvsU zbgM7sxddq6O9884XayiWnbtM5y15B1WGXNX8h5Ey3dY3gWTDuuIdvPNK6JbH2SaiIKU Ww8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=4COzEezxUwScBdBUCQmXBfkEZMLwyu6bk+7AMynRWyg=; b=bsBBrXqGtF2p5FiJCV62ytukP4Gft+4lvSaMi/IxIN31ZcnE4IQG3EZINSZkk3UXO8 Nbnp3dgtSPaQZnxAfCAlTk9f4QSzTbqWpSNne3twQcKUkOzakDz3aMo753IdfXxqslS0 9vsOJ17puLEm22Ltf1WSnobAf+xofg9t2JRSE1lzTYkehkrdvSjKEMIDt+Q3jOAjmKzB SQ7NlVnhRCQJr85fjNUKiIuENFRVLRQACwR+Z/m0oebcaxtvuwk8511rRYzBWggnD4F3 PohwIzmweOFCewdtHFfsshz87xZlUCMGR5OXpJuz7jL3Gq30PcdcglKDIKp2K2eXx8ds 23nQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kpZWlTX1P2yOmJb+skOUdSeLUAYKcfjwze6/qxzoFD9PERKzPya 3Uek9nfmxSgPK184TOdOH8j/Rfab2yYq3Q5DIak= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXuoxk+kSH4s4jQ1Y0U/fOWreciZvBdhze/y2hpfixFDrnEwat9Yno2iIxYY6rxJOYP7almCdI7xoruT/azd9Gw= X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:4153:b0:3c6:c182:b125 with SMTP id h19-20020a05600c415300b003c6c182b125mr3835738wmm.145.1673094347954; Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:25:47 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230106220020.1820147-1-anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com> <20230106220020.1820147-2-anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20230106220020.1820147-2-anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com> From: Anatoly Pugachev Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 15:25:36 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] ethernet: Remove the Sun Cassini driver To: Anirudh Venkataramanan Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Leon Romanovsky Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM Anirudh Venkataramanan wrote: > > In a recent patch series that touched this driver [1], it was suggested > that this driver should be removed completely. git logs suggest that > there hasn't been any significant feature addition, improvement or fixes to > user-visible bugs in a while. A web search didn't indicate any recent > discussions or any evidence that there are users out there who care about > this driver. Thus, remove this driver. > > Notes: > > checkpatch complains "WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does > MAINTAINERS need updating?". The files being removed don't have their > own entries in the MAINTAINERS file, so there's nothing to remove. > > checkpatch also complains about the long lore link below. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/99629223-ac1b-0f82-50b8-ea307b3b0197@intel.com/T/#t > > Suggested-by: Leon Romanovsky > Signed-off-by: Anirudh Venkataramanan Do we drop/delete a working functionality by only taking in account git activity ? What is a proper way to decline patch series (vs Acked-by) ? Thanks.