From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761121AbdAEVTh (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:19:37 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:42550 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751802AbdAEVT1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:19:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:19:47 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Karsten Keil , Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] isdn: i4l: move active-isdn drivers to staging Message-ID: <20170105211947.GA18143@kroah.com> References: <1456945629-1793533-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <1456945629-1793533-2-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <20170103152436.GA26156@kroah.com> <3286019.I2UkVCJq41@wuerfel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3286019.I2UkVCJq41@wuerfel> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > > Acked-by: Karsten Keil > > > > 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