linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ozwpan: The maintainers are MIA, so orphan

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:44:17 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, shigekatsu.tateno@...el.com,
	rupesh.gujare@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ozwpan: The maintainers are MIA, so orphan

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 03:47:19PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Ozwpan is completely unmaintained and potentially a security problem. As
> this is a staging driver, it should be removed, since it has been
> abandoned. Marking it as orphaned is the first step here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 2d3d55c..0e14772 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -9717,7 +9717,7 @@ F:	drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/
>  
>  STAGING - OZMO DEVICES USB OVER WIFI DRIVER
>  M:	Shigekatsu Tateno <shigekatsu.tateno@...el.com>
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Orphan
>  F:	drivers/staging/ozwpan/

As you are deleting the whole driver, this whole entry should be
removed as well, marking it "Orphan" doesn't mean anything after your
second patch.

Just do it all in one patch, that makes more sense.

thanks,

greg k-h
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