linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Remove NEC VRC4173 CARDU

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Date:   Sat, 5 Dec 2020 09:55:07 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Remove NEC VRC4173 CARDU

Am Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:16:29AM +0200 schrieb Sebastian Andrzej Siewior:
> This driver is the very definition of bitrotting:
> - Introduced in commit
>   79a140932c776 ("[PATCH] mips: vR41xx updates")
>   which is 2.6.11-rc3.
> 
> - Provides ->register_callback which was removed in commit
>   7f316b033b36a ("[PATCH] pcmcia: remove socket register_callback")
>   which is v2.6.14-rc3
> 
> - Uses INIT_WORK() with three arguments which was removed in commit
>   65f27f38446e1 ("WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data")
>   which is v2.6.20-rc1
> 
> - Provides ->inquire_socket and uses socket_cap_t which was removed in
>   commit
>   b7949fdacbe00 ("[PCMCIA] Remove inquire_socket")
>   which is 2.5.72
> 
> - Provides ->get_io_map which was removed in commit
>   d7de1b64a23b9 ("[PCMCIA] pcmcia-2: Remove get_io_map and get_mem_map socket methods.")
>   which is 2.5.66
> 
> Remove VRC4173 CARDU from the tree because it never had the luck to be
> successfully compiled. Let it finally find peace in byte heaven.
> 
> Cc: Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

Applied to pcmcia-next.

Thanks,
	Dominik