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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 067DCC04EBD for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:51:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEAF92089E for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="R88K+ow8" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org AEAF92089E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727069AbeJPTlq (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:41:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52560 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726760AbeJPTlq (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:41:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (ip-213-127-77-176.ip.prioritytelecom.net [213.127.77.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7B43720866; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:51:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1539690700; bh=dYLnipXoNnU0ufY6QJ/KR9eNnSjTT3rO1vnRW6Ffrj8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=R88K+ow8C3A1JZ1sU8wag4HIY0RtSlVmzXlZJiwzdPkRTlNPbZ265Rww+f4gnhoMR UdcpEQqeyTThRMnPK2B8+fvVCuodqaRffjzi8XbU9lMQlNCqbRhyQxeKAyOU98i85l JZbpe2KrXGgH9gQXqb72WJrsqguREuckINo/ILGU= Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:51:37 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Joe Perches Cc: LKML , netdev Subject: Re: patch "staging: MAINTAINERS: remove obsolete IPX staging directory" added to staging-testing Message-ID: <20181016115137.GA28641@kroah.com> References: <15396867728666@kroah.com> <249981aa5af26de07565946fbe806e3c01f26c07.camel@perches.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <249981aa5af26de07565946fbe806e3c01f26c07.camel@perches.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 04:43:30AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 12:46 +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > > > staging: MAINTAINERS: remove obsolete IPX staging directoryts > [] > > From dd71c89b2c1ae049d2018107e9d7a41261db3f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:45:13 +0200 > > Subject: staging: MAINTAINERS: remove obsolete IPX staging directory > > > > The IPX code was removed from staging back in November 2017, but the > > MAINTAINERS entry stuck around. Remove the invalid directory from the > > file as it does not actually point to anything anymore. > > As the uapi ipx file still exists but the functionality > has been removed, perhaps some compiler message like > > #pragma message "IPX functionality removed as of linux kernel v4.18" > > should be added to the uapi file. Eventually those files should be removed by the networking developers. It will take a bit of work for them to do it, it's not a straight "delete the file" work. thanks, greg k-h