linux-kernel - Re: [RFC net-next 00/28] ndo

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Message-ID: <87imaeg4ar.fsf@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:25:48 +0200
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 00/28] ndo_ioctl rework

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 12:21 PM Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:
>>
>> So I don't know what to do. Should we try adding a warning like below? :)
>>
>>   "This ancient driver will be removed from the kernel in 2022, but if
>>    it still works send report to <...@...> to avoid the removal."
>>
>> How do other subsystems handle ancient drivers?
>
> A good way to get everyone's attention would be to collect as many
> drivers as possible that are almost certainly unused and move them to
> drivers/staging/ with a warning like the above, as I just did for
> drivers/wimax. That would make it to the usual news outlets
> and lead to the remaining users (if any) noticing it so they can then
> ask for the drivers to be moved back -- or decide it's time to let go
> if the hardware can easily be replaced.

I like that. I think we first should make a list of drivers which we
suspect are either unused or not working anymore.

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