linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver

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Message-ID: <8cbab988-fba7-8e27-7faf-9f7aa36ca235@acm.org>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:08:40 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>, Chris Boot <bootc@....tc>
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, 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 2020-06-16 02:42, Finn Thain wrote:
> Martin said, "I'd appreciate a patch to remove it"
> 
> And Bart said, "do you want to keep this driver in the kernel tree?"
> 
> AFAICT both comments are quite ambiguous. I don't see an actionable 
> request, just an expression of interest from people doing their jobs.
> 
> Note well: there is no pay check associated with having a MAINTAINERS file 
> entry.

Hi Finn,

As far as I know the sbp driver only has had one user ever and that user
is no longer user the sbp driver. So why to keep it in the kernel tree?
Restoring a kernel driver can be easy - the first step is a "git revert".

Thanks,

Bart.