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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:08:57 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Alexandra Winter <wintera@linux.ibm.com>
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:08:49 +0200 Alexandra Winter wrote:
> s390/netiucv is more or less in maintenance mode and we are not aware of any users.
> The enterprise distros do not provide this module. Other iucv modules are more popular.
> But afaiu we cannot remove the source code, unless we can prove that nobody is using it.
> (Community advice is welcome).

If you have strong reason to believe this driver is unused, and can't
find any proof otherwise - let's remove it. We can always "revert it
back in", if needed. We have done it in the past.