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=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 E7681C43603 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:15:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B48882073D for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:15:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="llhypkAj" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726932AbfLJUPT (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:15:19 -0500 Received: from mail-pj1-f67.google.com ([209.85.216.67]:34938 "EHLO mail-pj1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726417AbfLJUPT (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:15:19 -0500 Received: by mail-pj1-f67.google.com with SMTP id w23so7841213pjd.2 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:15:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=a23C88J7c4vvDVUHbth3se+rWS20dGukI7AqnM65nco=; b=llhypkAjXBMezhrv+X8Q+gI6d8VkNqoKlcbVvdvI9On4vUPUv1r+slLo8z/bVhZCO9 xcgXnJuQKorteGeo/pibJPACwGP2FUf2gKSAQvCekuGSMMFOzXK3KPfUUGJAid5XrYbr yIJwahVO0Ize5dYpK7n62kNZNlUE3LHXrW2gwsDLGvkAKntWVLisYmQul+PetiTuX4RD bXEoMc3tRYxBKShqLs8q3JeVfg2Ku5KnyW+lDV5kB9aHOYh4Vb/J0Yj/PVmOt5PJe8Ee gX1yAlMAkWtX6gUN6jbr1CTR1NrVrD9hh3WiNFp2e1HV6gY9GwbshX3OFlL2XnLFwVPz S4YQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=a23C88J7c4vvDVUHbth3se+rWS20dGukI7AqnM65nco=; b=Y1hdPk/oX3mE+c85tMLSmFJGtJoWoDSvenPyvr2OQ7lPjQtN4WmbqRlErM8GgeT4gx 4wuErsKrSDddk8uvOADUMELgDFSW8FZjmOdfkzU0UMYMXdYX9hyUlMlDL6GCLY+VKPLQ KmIPNC+Umjsb39WKWOMBDXi8q6VEr0ERGEaKK3xmr5GLiOgHhrgpjTrVJzSN6fJ4vAqs 5lLmFiC02dRKkstPH2yHPqtroL8ViuxdevTRXwL49ybQ0NyJ2TdUDQNBcfXsdpmZIkJJ 79jSarPjp+cvfmeEdItvhOWxEbRdgaQ+2R6QmdBAQl92oKRbsJFOxXFhEKxn4bJOfOpR MTOw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAW5kaLzQ+CiwklOUAwWekt73FETrVXT0rJ8JrWJPEFyua4BZ86V kGa/WCRc0j1nGLtaXLm1+18= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyde2PpnPTK52R4kRUah6Xn6N9A9Bds8wqjeKADVQqfQY97SRK0znf6zNywQ2NTkGk1SXCm7w== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:9885:: with SMTP id s5mr37169532plp.217.1576008918269; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:15:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2600:1700:e321:62f0:329c:23ff:fee3:9d7c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j22sm3478462pji.16.2019.12.10.12.15.15 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:15:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:15:15 -0800 From: Guenter Roeck To: Aaro Koskinen Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Sandro Volery , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" , YueHaibing , Wambui Karuga , Julia Lawall , Florian Westphal , Geert Uytterhoeven , Branden Bonaby , Petr =?utf-8?Q?=C5=A0tetiar?= , Paul Burton , Dan Carpenter , Giovanni Gherdovich , Valery Ivanov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: octeon: delete driver Message-ID: <20191210201515.GA16912@roeck-us.net> References: <20191210091509.3546251-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20191210120120.GA3779155@kroah.com> <20191210194659.GC18225@darkstar.musicnaut.iki.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191210194659.GC18225@darkstar.musicnaut.iki.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 09:46:59PM +0200, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 01:01:20PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 12:40:54PM +0100, Sandro Volery wrote: > > > Doesn't octeon have drivers out of staging already? > > > What is this module for? > > > > I have no idea :( > > It's stated in the TODO file you are deleting (visible in your > patch): "This driver is functional and supports Ethernet on > OCTEON+/OCTEON2/OCTEON3 chips at least up to CN7030." > > This includes e.g. some D-Link routers and Uniquiti EdgeRouters. You > can check from /proc/cpuinfo if you are running on this MIPS SoC. > It also results in "mips:allmodconfig" build failures in mainline and is for that reason being marked as BROKEN. Unfortunately, misguided attempts to clean it up had the opposite effect. Guenter