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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:00:52 +0100 From: Chris Boot <bootc@....tc> To: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>, "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, Nicholas Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver On 15/06/2020 00:28, Finn Thain wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, Chris Boot wrote: > >> I expect that if someone finds this useful it can stick around (but >> that's not my call). > > Who's call is that? If the patch had said "From: Martin K. Petersen" and > "This driver is being removed because it has the following defects..." > that would be some indication of a good-faith willingness to accept users > as developers in the spirit of the GPL, which is what you seem to be > alluding to (?). If you're asking me, I'd say it was martin's call: > SCSI TARGET SUBSYSTEM > M: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com> [...] > F: drivers/target/ > F: include/target/ >> I just don't have the time or inclination or hardware to be able to >> maintain it anymore, so someone else would have to pick it up. >> > > Which is why most drivers get orphaned, right? Sure, but that's not what Martin asked me to do, hence this patch. -- Chris Boot bootc@....tc
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