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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A5FC10F1B for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:24:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229487AbiLXMYs (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2022 07:24:48 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44060 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229485AbiLXMYp (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2022 07:24:45 -0500 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69D9ADF7F; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:24:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E36BC60AC6; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:24:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AA7C0C433D2; Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:24:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1671884683; bh=hqH17qxc8h+oV699l+kNke2M7Joiu2E/NBAKIX4lp28=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=bqkCEI/zuwO1IBlrAXoL5LU/LcZquB0O7gxWvx55Arka8venzHYIhRk4UZdBLp2SM io6wmq68G9f16E5eMveX63NELCQ4E8ogE61wrJV3/WsId6yKV0ShES+YxhQ3aXpJiS 0ko/fLA6p3ym3GlFnbdW4m3kyoZFPz8jQ9tAWlzA= Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:24:39 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Pali =?iso-8859-1?Q?Roh=E1r?= Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Thomas Maier , linux-block@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: remove driver. Message-ID: References: <20221202182758.1339039-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20221224095353.w32xhmyzlft6qi4v@pali> <20221224101139.sgvhr2n3pbrs4agm@pali> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20221224101139.sgvhr2n3pbrs4agm@pali> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 11:11:39AM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Saturday 24 December 2022 11:03:27 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 10:53:53AM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > On Friday 02 December 2022 19:27:58 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > Way back in 2016 in commit 5a8b187c61e9 ("pktcdvd: mark as unmaintained > > > > and deprecated") this driver was marked as "will be removed soon". 5 > > > > years seems long enough to have it stick around after that, so finally > > > > remove the thing now. > > > > > > Why to remove? This driver is still widely used, userspace in active > > > maintenance and in last two years userspace software received more fixes > > > for CD-RW support and pktcdvd. > > > > It was marked as "please remove" back in 2016, why wasn't that changed > > if people were actually using this? > > And how should I know it if I was informed about it just today? Using the "Why was I not informed?" defense isn't usually the best way to discuss things when we have 800+ maintainers and 4000+ developers here :) > > > Just now community person informed me that somebody is going to remove > > > kernel support. > > > > Isn't there better ways to support the hardware needed than this driver? > > Is there any other driver in kernel which provide block layer for it? > I do not know about any other. What about the venerable sg.c driver (enabled with CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG)? Does that not work properly for your specific hardware? Anyway, have a nice holiday! greg k-h