linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] caif: remove caif

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Message-Id: <20130317.121721.1666807600727125521.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:17:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc:	erwan.yvin@...ricsson.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sjur.brendeland@...ricsson.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] caif: remove caif_shm

From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:25:23 +0100

> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Erwan Yvin <erwan.yvin@...ricsson.com> wrote:
> 
>> caif_shm is an old implementation
>> caif_shm will be replaced by caif_virtio
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Erwan Yvin <erwan.yvin@...ricsson.com>
>> Acked-by: Sjur Brendeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> The story is something like this: U5500 used this, but was cancelled
> and the silicon did not reach anyone outside ST-Ericsson.
> 
> Then for the next platforms, we have gone for the leaner & cleaner
> approach of using virtio, rpmesg and rproc.
> 
> This can be safely deleted.

That's a better explanation, applied to net-next, thanks!
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