From: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@linux.ibm.com>
To: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ukrishn@linux.ibm.com,
manoj@linux.ibm.com, clombard@linux.ibm.com,
vaibhav@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cxl: Remove driver
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:29:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2cf0c159-5f29-4098-8fb3-47be4eeea37e@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241210072721.157323-3-ajd@linux.ibm.com>
On 10/12/2024 08:27, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> Remove the cxl driver that provides support for the IBM Coherent
> Accelerator Processor Interface. Revert or clean up associated code in
> arch/powerpc that is no longer necessary.
>
> cxl has received minimal maintenance for several years, and is not
> supported on the Power10 processor. We aren't aware of any users who are
> likely to be using recent kernels.
>
> Thanks to Mikey Neuling, Ian Munsie, Daniel Axtens, Frederic Barrat,
> Christophe Lombard, Philippe Bergheaud, Vaibhav Jain and Alastair
> D'Silva for their work on this driver over the years.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>
With the understanding that it would be merged (at least) one release
cycle after
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?series=436003&state=*
:
Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@linux.ibm.com>
And many thanks for doing it!
Fred
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-10 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-10 7:27 [PATCH 0/2] Remove cxl and cxlflash drivers Andrew Donnellan
2024-12-10 7:27 ` [PATCH 1/2] cxlflash: Remove driver Andrew Donnellan
2024-12-10 15:30 ` Frederic Barrat
2024-12-10 7:27 ` [PATCH 2/2] cxl: " Andrew Donnellan
2024-12-10 15:29 ` Frederic Barrat [this message]
2024-12-17 3:26 ` [PATCH 0/2] Remove cxl and cxlflash drivers Michael Ellerman
2024-12-17 3:37 ` Andrew Donnellan
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