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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.
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