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=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED 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 72565C388F7 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2545820791 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:01:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603933307; bh=72tdqQGYgx97kC78MmocZGiIQ8/htsbdM1NBjk0K1I8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=HWQX4jKeKC5Wd4vMirV6+GfWV4+PElONwPM14ULIWzGAEGooODJAKh0xsQ5aT2oSf 6bZe7n9mXS6n2YZG+acKzsdFZ42BZ8Cg8aAq2rfP25Zv6+NgTgyrRy2fes2ahzxA+h sl7HmLzGcyVUGA2gRqgbLvKAhNypjBbdy57xe7O4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730851AbgJ2BBo (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:01:44 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:60466 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731505AbgJ1WRX (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:17:23 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (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 9C0A522281; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:54:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1603864473; bh=72tdqQGYgx97kC78MmocZGiIQ8/htsbdM1NBjk0K1I8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=WB/vvFCA/kWkNiO7Kr/jDWIp+xd3mah2esh2L9agVA3HcXraFS0jk60/OdL7mKvYI 7HZzatctjYLdJLGQEqyk1kQDaMFzHGHd+0ZPF9rOdj9967mgDQLz6XLdZS4DK1Sahl Zlhr3mnDs6fAH9JHrPs70N3c4lVQO0EYFh3Fh0o0= Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:54:29 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Sudeep Dutt Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , Vinod Koul , Sherry Sun , Ashutosh Dixit , Nikhil Rao Subject: Re: [PATCH char-misc-next 1/1] misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers Message-ID: <20201028055429.GA244117@kroah.com> References: <8c1443136563de34699d2c084df478181c205db4.1603854416.git.sudeep.dutt@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8c1443136563de34699d2c084df478181c205db4.1603854416.git.sudeep.dutt@intel.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:14:15PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > This patch removes the MIC drivers from the kernel tree > since the corresponding devices have been discontinued. Does "discontinued" mean "never shipped a device so no one has access to this hardware anymore", or does it mean "we stopped shipping devices and there are customers with this?" > Removing the dma and char-misc changes in one patch and > merging via the char-misc tree is best to avoid any > potential build breakage. > > Cc: Nikhil Rao > Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Dixit > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Dutt I like deleting code, can this go into 5.10-final? thanks, greg k-h