From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751787Ab3IRFtk (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:49:40 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:55451 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751351Ab3IRFti (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:49:38 -0400 Message-ID: <52393EEF.10705@suse.de> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:49:35 +0200 From: Hannes Reinecke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Bolle Cc: Paul Gortmaker , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Doug Ledford , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Josh Boyer Subject: Re: scsi: delete decade+ obsolete aic7xxx_old driver References: <1379382683-27862-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <1379442463.31104.11.camel@x220.thuisdomein> In-Reply-To: <1379442463.31104.11.camel@x220.thuisdomein> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 09/17/2013 08:27 PM, Paul Bolle wrote: > On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 21:51 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: >> Currently we have people wasting time building it during routine testing, >> and then wasting more time re-researching the known reported warnings, >> only to find that nobody really is willing to integrate the fixes[3] for >> it. >> >> [...] >> >> [3] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/29/215 > > Well, this didn't end up as an entire waste of my time. After that > message I sent a patch to Fedora's kernel list, and a reminder a few > months later[1]. That prompted Josh Boyer to remove this old driver from > the Fedora build[2]. > > And now that driver is disabled in all kernels that Fedora currently > ships. I'm not familiar with any complaints about this decision. > Ok, good to know. So this patch appears to be good, then. Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)