linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH char-misc-next 1/1] misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers

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Message-ID: <20201028060458.GK3550@vkoul-mobl>
Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:34:58 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@....com>,
        Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com>,
        Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH char-misc-next 1/1] misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers

On 28-10-20, 06:54, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:14:15PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote:
> > This patch removes the MIC drivers from the kernel tree
> > since the corresponding devices have been discontinued.
> 
> Does "discontinued" mean "never shipped a device so no one has access to
> this hardware anymore", or does it mean "we stopped shipping devices and
> there are customers with this?"
> 
> > Removing the dma and char-misc changes in one patch and
> > merging via the char-misc tree is best to avoid any
> > potential build breakage.
> > 
> > Cc: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@...el.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>
> 
> I like deleting code, can this go into 5.10-final?

I would like that, if unused lets get it cleaned now rather than later
:-)

Said that, for all dmaengine bits:

Acked-By: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>

-- 
~Vinod