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

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

On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 12:19:40PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 04. 08. 26, 12:18, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > On 04. 08. 26, 11:57, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 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?
> > 
> > SMARTIO/INDUSTIO = mxser is supposed to stay.
> > INTELLIO = moxa is being removed.
> 
> That being said, the "/INTELLIO" part should go.

Great, will do that, thanks!

greg k-h