Re: [PATCH v2] tty: synclink_gt: remove broken driver

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-03T05:43:59Z

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