linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] tty: Remove obsolete drivers

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Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2020 15:31:23 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] tty: Remove obsolete drivers

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 12:33:55PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> As per the vendor's request.
> 
> Lee Jones (2):
>   tty: Remove redundant synclink driver
>   tty: Remove redundant synclinkmp driver

Hi Lee

What exactly do you mean by redundant? That some other driver can be
used? Or that nobody uses the hardware any more? I know of one
deployed system which has some form of synclink card in use, but i
don't know which card in particular.

      Andrew