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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 C7758C433E0 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A870F20789 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726835AbgFNADr (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Jun 2020 20:03:47 -0400 Received: from kvm5.telegraphics.com.au ([98.124.60.144]:43952 "EHLO kvm5.telegraphics.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726775AbgFNADp (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Jun 2020 20:03:45 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7A927E75; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 20:03:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 10:03:31 +1000 (AEST) From: Finn Thain To: Chris Boot cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bart Van Assche , Chuhong Yuan , "Martin K . Petersen" , Nicholas Bellinger , Stefan Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver In-Reply-To: <01020172acd3d10f-3964f076-a820-43fc-9494-3f3946e9b7b5-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> Message-ID: References: <01020172acd3d10f-3964f076-a820-43fc-9494-3f3946e9b7b5-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 13 Jun 2020, Chris Boot wrote: > I no longer have the time to maintain this subsystem nor the hardware to > test patches with. Then why not patch MAINTAINERS, and orphan it, as per usual practice? $ git log --oneline MAINTAINERS | grep -i orphan > It also doesn't appear to have any active users so I doubt anyone will > miss it. > It's not unusual that any Linux driver written more than 5 years ago "doesn't appear to have any active users". If a driver has been orphaned and broken in the past, and no-one stepped up to fix it within a reasonable period, removal would make sense. But that's not the case here. I haven't used this driver for a long time, but I still own PowerMacs with firewire, and I know I'm not the only one. > Signed-off-by: Chris Boot > --- > MAINTAINERS | 9 - > drivers/target/Kconfig | 1 - > drivers/target/Makefile | 1 - > drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig | 12 - > drivers/target/sbp/Makefile | 2 - > drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c | 2350 ------------------------------- > drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.h | 243 ---- > 7 files changed, 2618 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig > delete mode 100644 drivers/target/sbp/Makefile > delete mode 100644 drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c > delete mode 100644 drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.h >