Re: [PATCH] tty: moxa: remove driver.

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 07:12:01AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 03. 08. 26, 14:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is a very old driver, and no known hardware is still around for it,
> > and the company says they do not need it anymore, so let's remove it as
> > the LLMs are starting to poke at it and find "interesting" things which
> > will just waste everyone's time given it's not actually used.
> > 
> > So let's drop it.  If someone really needs it, it can come back in the
> > future, in a more "modern" way, as the style here is very old...
> > 
> > Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Crescent Hsieh <crescentcy.hsieh@moxa.com>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/afqyY8FQ8ZfpH48_@moxa-ThinkCentre-M90t/
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> 
> LGTM, there are leftovers though:
> MAINTAINERS
> 18341:MOXA SMARTIO/INDUSTIO/INTELLIO SERIAL CARD

As you said, that one documents the mxser.c file, not moxa.c, so should
I just remove both and this entry too?

And the .rst file needs to go, right?

> Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> 2391: 172 char  Moxa Intellio serial card
> 2398: 173 char  Moxa Intellio serial card - alternate devices

Oops, missed that.

> =========
> 
> Funilly, the MAINTAINERS entry was supposed to be for both mxser
> (SMARTIO/INDUSTIO) and moxa (INTELLIO), but the F: pattern for moxa was
> never added (cf. 679655daffdd). INTELLIO should dismiss from there,
> nonetheless.

As above, should we also just drop mxser?  Same age of the hardware from
what I can tell.

thanks,

greg k-h