linux-kernel - Re: RFC about Comedi on a patch that remove a lot fo code

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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:51:22 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
Cc:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	David Schleef <ds@...leef.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Comedi-ml <comedi_list@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: RFC about Comedi on a patch that remove a lot fo code

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:28:28AM +0200, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
> Dear Comedi developers,
> 
> Sorry for my bad english.
> 
> I would be happy to receive your considerations about that patch:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-next&m=123792129500760&w=2
> 
> I know that some users use Comedi on dual kernel approach systems.
> Obviously I don't have any against this but i think that Linux git
> tree isn't the right place to support those software (RTAI, Xenomai,
> RTLinux and others). Those projects already released patches against
> Linux source code so it very easy for them add also patch for Comedi
> drivers in the same tarball.
> 
> At the already listed 8 reasons  in that email I want added a ninth one:
> 9) Give more chance for interested developers to fix it against RT_PREEMPT
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-rt-users&m=124049407712792&w=2

I am siding with you, and agree all of the RT stuff should be deleted
from the in-kernel comedi code, as there is on in-kernel users of it.

Also, the recent Linux RT changes will not need any of these
driver-specific changes at all from what I can tell, so they are now
obsolete.

Frank, unless you have any major objections, I'd like to remove this
code.

thanks,

greg k-h
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