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Petersen" , Nicholas Bellinger , Stefan Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver Thread-Topic: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver Thread-Index: AQHWQd9L9CW+VqfbYUW2am9N2FcWXg== Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:13:54 +0000 Message-ID: References: <01020172acd3d10f-3964f076-a820-43fc-9494-3f3946e9b7b5-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> <7ad14946-5c25-fc49-1e48-72d37a607832@boo.tc> <8da0c285-d707-a3d2-063e-472af5cc560f@boo.tc> <8cbab988-fba7-8e27-7faf-9f7aa36ca235@acm.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: acm.org; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;acm.org; dmarc=none action=none header.from=wdc.com; x-originating-ip: [129.253.240.72] x-ms-publictraffictype: Email x-ms-office365-filtering-ht: Tenant x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: f4b67696-eab0-46ae-3391-08d811ff808d x-ms-traffictypediagnostic: SN6PR04MB4046: x-microsoft-antispam-prvs: wdcipoutbound: EOP-TRUE x-ms-oob-tlc-oobclassifiers: OLM:9508; x-forefront-prvs: 04362AC73B x-ms-exchange-senderadcheck: 1 x-microsoft-antispam: BCL:0; x-microsoft-antispam-message-info: YUSiJ8Hwm5WME7OmxRDuxyB71Y3IvMKlMBomEvN3y9i/j8mSnTwJNagsNBfHhvpYxwsHTGRsozO8eZT27nP27ZLLlLo7RRk87/U+INkW4F5o2H9kdKYlb1V52crQuvA8zfbgta6hLo2oBEPTUTIGsUpQ5cSYhgLn4AWbpYC5B7Ar1h06FlQM+AQOW+1JtR6yDcaMe7sFqYkMTYwoqPx4K3R70DbjngaT5iANnwAx4B4eNP6AyFXRGz2ilpJzaX76f7IMquOTGz0Lf3PZeFWjRT2mNRdLaDQa7J1M89gjeW180NABk4wYwIvl/vIX0H4ML5vzA+4d+dQO2osmaLnUFQ== x-forefront-antispam-report: CIP:255.255.255.255;CTRY:;LANG:en;SCL:1;SRV:;IPV:NLI;SFV:NSPM;H:SN4PR0401MB3598.namprd04.prod.outlook.com;PTR:;CAT:NONE;SFTY:;SFS:(4636009)(366004)(52536014)(2906002)(9686003)(26005)(55016002)(498600001)(5660300002)(6506007)(4326008)(53546011)(4744005)(86362001)(8936002)(110136005)(7696005)(7416002)(66946007)(76116006)(186003)(91956017)(33656002)(66476007)(66556008)(64756008)(66446008)(71200400001)(54906003)(8676002)(83380400001);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102; x-ms-exchange-antispam-messagedata: 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 x-ms-exchange-transport-forked: True Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: wdc.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: f4b67696-eab0-46ae-3391-08d811ff808d X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 16 Jun 2020 14:13:54.2486 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: b61c8803-16f3-4c35-9b17-6f65f441df86 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: D0cCNG3TTt5CBTr4ejKQQmhSKY5P9ZXep4z+lTTVW87qxHFI4DQ2bul+90jMIcZgur/xgnaRMG3ZsJO70aPsvYzUw2KpsYc/PcNyMUoXngY= X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: SN6PR04MB4046 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 16/06/2020 16:09, Bart Van Assche wrote:=0A= > On 2020-06-16 02:42, Finn Thain wrote:=0A= >> Martin said, "I'd appreciate a patch to remove it"=0A= >>=0A= >> And Bart said, "do you want to keep this driver in the kernel tree?"=0A= >>=0A= >> AFAICT both comments are quite ambiguous. I don't see an actionable =0A= >> request, just an expression of interest from people doing their jobs.=0A= >>=0A= >> Note well: there is no pay check associated with having a MAINTAINERS fi= le =0A= >> entry.=0A= > =0A= > Hi Finn,=0A= > =0A= > As far as I know the sbp driver only has had one user ever and that user= =0A= > is no longer user the sbp driver. So why to keep it in the kernel tree?= =0A= > Restoring a kernel driver can be easy - the first step is a "git revert".= =0A= =0A= Why not move the driver to drivers/staging for 2 or 3 kernel releases and i= f=0A= noone steps up, delete it?=0A= =0A= Just my 2 Cents,=0A= Johannes=0A=