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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
	"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
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	"Julian Braha" <julianbraha@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: synclink_gt: remove broken driver
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 07:43:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026050340-kilogram-prissy-a833@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260503030801.14080-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>

On Sat, May 02, 2026 at 08:07:38PM -0700, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> The synclink_gt driver was marked as broken in commit 426263d5fb40
> ("tty: synclink_gt: mark as BROKEN") in July 2023 because it had severe
> structural problems and there had been no evidence of users since 2016.
> Since then, no meaningful improvements have been made to the driver,
> and it is unlikely that will ever happen due to the lack of interest.
> Drop the driver and references to it in comments and documentation.
> Retain include/uapi/linux/synclink.h to avoid breaking userspace
> software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> - Retain UAPI header - the linux-raw-sys Rust crate generates bindings
> for it [1]

Then that means someone uses it somewhere.  Don't generate bindings for
something that will break because it is no longer in the tree :(

If no one does use it, then please get that project to fix their code so
that we don't break their build.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-03  5:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-03  3:07 [PATCH v2] tty: synclink_gt: remove broken driver Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-05-03  5:43 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-05-03  6:00   ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-05-03  6:08     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-03 14:23     ` Andrew Lunn
2026-05-03 19:25       ` Ethan Nelson-Moore

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