From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: synclink_gt: remove broken driver
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 16:23:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e12da6e2-5e50-4819-a5a8-2bc675da4c14@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADkSEUgPtjkKC684O3qB=koKDPwJoUj-qU_4Z_18NAU_+bBqkw@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, May 02, 2026 at 11:00:53PM -0700, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> Hi, Greg,
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Then that means someone uses it somewhere. Don't generate bindings for
> > something that will break because it is no longer in the tree :(
> That project generates bindings for every UAPI header automatically,
> but has a hardcoded list of them, so its presence there doesn't mean
> anyone is using it.
>
> > If no one does use it, then please get that project to fix their code so
> > that we don't break their build.
> They have had to remove headers from their list that got removed from
> the kernel before. I will send them a pull request to remove this
> header and then resend this patch with the UAPI header removal
> restored. Does that sound good to you?
Sounds like a whack a mole problem. I assume the recent removal of ATM
broke it as well? Maybe __has_include() could be used?
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-03 14:23 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
2026-05-03 6:00 ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-05-03 6:08 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-03 14:23 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2026-05-03 19:25 ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
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