From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A5BAC433C1 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 639EB60190 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231693AbhC2LDc (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:03:32 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:50986 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231570AbhC2LD1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:03:27 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 90C4060190; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:03:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1617015807; bh=dcnQW234dKs4Ot/XFvSdFE8GfnqOmIe4OCj0zgGBaPA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=arqdeqC/2MB8LNRjAih/Rji4HFoE6csZYM75iIH3+9qSuUS/BbCGeCuKBlpXTHmut SF0phHEsC04zXB94Hl006vvhA+5UmF3ReE0WeEJZjHLijhC5gUMvRRxlXHO0eXlPPR jUENprb5hOQBXpfOd/V9ykp9xSaFH13l+Pk1QVfY= Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:03:24 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Manivannan Sadhasivam Cc: Loic Poulain , Network Development , Matthew Wilcox , Du Cheng , Bjorn Andersson Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] qrtr: move to staging Message-ID: References: <20210328122621.2614283-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20210329105236.GB2763@work> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210329105236.GB2763@work> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 04:22:36PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:47:12AM +0200, Loic Poulain wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:28, Greg Kroah-Hartman > > wrote: > > > > > There does not seem to be any developers willing to maintain the > > > net/qrtr/ code, so move it to drivers/staging/ so that it can be removed > > > from the kernel tree entirely in a few kernel releases if no one steps > > > up to maintain it. > > > > > > Reported-by: Matthew Wilcox > > > Cc: Du Cheng > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > > > > > As far as I know, QRTR/IPCR is still commonly used with Qualcomm-based > > platforms for accessing various components of the SoC. > > CCing Bjorn and Mani, In case they are interested in taking maintenance of > > that. > > > > As Loic said, QRTR is an integral component used in various Qualcomm based > upstream supported products like ChromeOS, newer WLAN chipsets (QCA6390) etc... > > It is unfortunate that no one stepped up so far to maintain it. After > having an internal discussion, I decided to pitch in as a maintainer. I'll > send the MAINTAINERS change to netdev list now. Great, can you also fix up the reported problems with the codebase that resulted in this "ask for removal"? thanks, greg k-h