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 lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA42DC5479D for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 02:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NpkNR2pjyz3cCc for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 13:16:39 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20201202 header.b=tn2R3p9F; dkim-atps=neutral Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org (client-ip=145.40.68.75; helo=ams.source.kernel.org; envelope-from=kuba@kernel.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20201202 header.b=tn2R3p9F; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [145.40.68.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NpkMR0c5Nz306n for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 13:15:46 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF7DFB81F48; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 02:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20ABDC433D2; Sat, 7 Jan 2023 02:15:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1673057741; bh=Bwu0gjh6SC4DZe66nJYF/rW03OKiuMjUNnNGs7ZAZpA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=tn2R3p9FmFC65DtY1yI2meOFQoswYCYYzajUw1UxHtC57rPs05J8US2iq1bLBU882 cLl0jZzMKRMCySrmGipwV3+iGUqnk2TyMdI7QOnnni778LqhRITgu/StEpEdl28DcV Vhci8AlGrCghql9jHKRqtCymznFTm7YNYJs9jGx22YHHwaJQFoSoM+1NEKj6+ClrET upes7Er7b6R5v1JmjfLwMuUMSmZ8kQNRnJxDX1vhhD+1T6stiwSVE97YSc+kTcDTjk 9yVO/l1zQ5IcUqkPtb5Um5pi8tYiIBcFvfxD0qQcxltAFeGuSjyoiTV764g7DY/7Qh rPPkhtnkL3kLw== Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:15:40 -0800 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Anirudh Venkataramanan Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] Remove three Sun net drivers Message-ID: <20230106181540.61d4cad0@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <50dfdff7-81c7-ab40-a6c5-e5e73959b780@intel.com> References: <20230106220020.1820147-1-anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com> <800d35d9-4ced-052e-aebe-683f431356ae@physik.fu-berlin.de> <50dfdff7-81c7-ab40-a6c5-e5e73959b780@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Leon Romanovsky , netdev@vger.kernel.org, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:04:54 -0800 Anirudh Venkataramanan wrote: > >> In a recent patch series that touched these drivers [1], it was suggested > >> that these drivers 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 > >> these drivers. > > > > Well, these drivers just work and I don't see why there should be regular > > discussions about them or changes. > > That's fair, but lack of discussion can also be signs of disuse, and > that's really the hunch I was following up on. Lack of feedback, too. Some of these drivers are missing entries in MAINTAINERS and patches don't get review tags from anyone.