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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@hp.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove cpqarray from mainline kernel
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:55:09 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <526167ED.1010503@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48275AD710FCA34184C2B6186B4016B32D15F735@G6W2491.americas.hpqcorp.net>

On 10/18/2013 10:22 AM, Miller, Mike (OS Dev) wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jens Axboe [mailto:axboe@kernel.dk]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:36 PM
>> To: Andrew Morton
>> Cc: Miller, Mike (OS Dev); LKML-scsi; LKML
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove cpqarray from mainline kernel
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17 2013, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:52:26 -0500 Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> cpqarray hasn't been used in over 12 years. It's doubtful that
>>>> anyone still uses the board. It's time the driver was removed from the
>> mainline kernel.
>>>> The only updates these days are minor and mostly done by people
>> outside of HP.
>>>
>>> It's amazing the weird stuff people get up to.  Perhaps we should
>>> disable it in config for a cycle or two, see if that flushes anyone out?
>>
>> I think that would be prudent, you never know what people run...
>>
>> --
>> Jens Axboe
> 
> I agree with Andrew's suggestion. Should I submit a patch that only removes cpqarray from config?

I put one in yesterday:

http://git.kernel.dk/?p=linux-block.git;a=commit;h=f504954db0ecccaded5397e3432cdaf7175602fb

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-18 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-17 17:52 [PATCH 1/1] remove cpqarray from mainline kernel Mike Miller
2013-10-17 21:13 ` Andrew Morton
2013-10-17 22:36   ` Jens Axboe
2013-10-18 16:22     ` Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
2013-10-18 16:55       ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2013-10-18 16:57         ` Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
2013-10-18  5:52 ` Hannes Reinecke

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