From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] isdn: i4l: move active-isdn drivers to staging
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:19:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170105211947.GA18143@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3286019.I2UkVCJq41@wuerfel>
On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:19:29PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 4:24:36 PM CET Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:06:46PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > The icn, act2000 and pcbit drivers are all for very old hardware,
> > > and it is highly unlikely that anyone is actually still using them
> > > on modern kernels, if at all.
> > >
> > > All three drivers apparently are for hardware that predates PCI
> > > being the common connector, as they are ISA-only and active
> > > PCI ISDN cards were widely available in the 1990s.
> > >
> > > Looking through the git logs, it I cannot find any indication of a
> > > patch to any of these drivers that has been tested on real hardware,
> > > only cleanups or global API changes.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > > Acked-by: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
> >
> > This patch got added in the 4.6 kernel release. As I am now taking
> > patches for 4.11-rc1, I figure it is time to just delete the
> > drivers/staging/i4l/ directory now, given that no one has really done
> > anything with it. If people show up that wish to maintain it, I'll be
> > glad to revert it, or if someone really screams in the next week.
> > Otherwise it's time to just move on
>
> Sounds good to me.
Ok, now deleted!
thanks,
greg k-h
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] isdn: i4l: move active-isdn drivers to staging
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:19:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170105211947.GA18143@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3286019.I2UkVCJq41@wuerfel>
On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:19:29PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 4:24:36 PM CET Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:06:46PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > The icn, act2000 and pcbit drivers are all for very old hardware,
> > > and it is highly unlikely that anyone is actually still using them
> > > on modern kernels, if at all.
> > >
> > > All three drivers apparently are for hardware that predates PCI
> > > being the common connector, as they are ISA-only and active
> > > PCI ISDN cards were widely available in the 1990s.
> > >
> > > Looking through the git logs, it I cannot find any indication of a
> > > patch to any of these drivers that has been tested on real hardware,
> > > only cleanups or global API changes.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > > Acked-by: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
> >
> > This patch got added in the 4.6 kernel release. As I am now taking
> > patches for 4.11-rc1, I figure it is time to just delete the
> > drivers/staging/i4l/ directory now, given that no one has really done
> > anything with it. If people show up that wish to maintain it, I'll be
> > glad to revert it, or if someone really screams in the next week.
> > Otherwise it's time to just move on
>
> Sounds good to me.
Ok, now deleted!
thanks,
greg k-h
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (Greg Kroah-Hartman)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] isdn: i4l: move active-isdn drivers to staging
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:19:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170105211947.GA18143@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3286019.I2UkVCJq41@wuerfel>
On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:19:29PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 4:24:36 PM CET Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:06:46PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > The icn, act2000 and pcbit drivers are all for very old hardware,
> > > and it is highly unlikely that anyone is actually still using them
> > > on modern kernels, if at all.
> > >
> > > All three drivers apparently are for hardware that predates PCI
> > > being the common connector, as they are ISA-only and active
> > > PCI ISDN cards were widely available in the 1990s.
> > >
> > > Looking through the git logs, it I cannot find any indication of a
> > > patch to any of these drivers that has been tested on real hardware,
> > > only cleanups or global API changes.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > > Acked-by: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
> >
> > This patch got added in the 4.6 kernel release. As I am now taking
> > patches for 4.11-rc1, I figure it is time to just delete the
> > drivers/staging/i4l/ directory now, given that no one has really done
> > anything with it. If people show up that wish to maintain it, I'll be
> > glad to revert it, or if someone really screams in the next week.
> > Otherwise it's time to just move on
>
> Sounds good to me.
Ok, now deleted!
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-05 21:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-02 19:06 [PATCH 1/2] isdn: icn: remove a #warning Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-02 19:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-02 19:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] isdn: i4l: move active-isdn drivers to staging Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-02 19:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-03 8:30 ` isdn
2016-03-03 8:30 ` isdn at linux-pingi.de
2016-03-04 15:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-04 15:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-04 16:18 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-04 16:18 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-04 16:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-04 16:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-07 8:33 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-07 8:33 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-05 13:08 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-05 13:08 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-07 8:48 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-07 8:48 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-09 22:10 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-09 22:10 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-10 10:53 ` isdn
2016-03-10 10:53 ` isdn at linux-pingi.de
2016-03-10 10:53 ` isdn
2016-03-10 12:58 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-10 12:58 ` Paul Bolle
2016-03-10 16:41 ` isdn
2016-03-10 16:41 ` isdn at linux-pingi.de
2016-03-10 16:41 ` isdn
2016-03-11 20:04 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-11 20:04 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-11 20:04 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-04 18:18 ` isdn
2016-03-04 18:18 ` isdn at linux-pingi.de
2016-03-04 21:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-04 21:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-07 6:57 ` Holger Schurig
2016-03-07 6:57 ` Holger Schurig
2016-03-19 10:27 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-19 10:27 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-19 10:27 ` Tilman Schmidt
2016-03-03 22:22 ` David Miller
2016-03-03 22:22 ` David Miller
2016-03-03 22:33 ` Greg KH
2016-03-03 22:33 ` Greg KH
2016-03-03 22:33 ` Greg KH
2016-03-05 3:19 ` kbuild test robot
2016-03-05 3:19 ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-03 15:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-01-03 15:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-01-03 15:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-01-03 21:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 21:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 21:54 ` Paul Bolle
2017-01-03 21:54 ` Paul Bolle
2017-01-03 22:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 22:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 22:57 ` Paul Bolle
2017-01-03 22:57 ` Paul Bolle
2017-01-03 23:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 23:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 23:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-05 21:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2017-01-05 21:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-01-05 21:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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