linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] staging: vme: Cleanup driver tree old structures

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Date:   Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:43:44 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Bruno Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@...eagain.dev>
Cc:     Martyn Welch <martyn@...chs.me.uk>,
        Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        Bruno's Patch Watchbox <patch-reply@...eagain.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] staging: vme: Cleanup driver tree old structures

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 08:29:49PM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> This patch series modify the vme_user driver's place in
> menuconfig (1/3), fixes a missing `depends on` line in a Kconfig file
> (2/3), and rearrages the directory tree for the driver allowing a more
> straightforward comprehension of its contents (3/3).
> 
> The 'vme_user/' driver is the only remaining vme-family driver in the
> 'staging/' tree, but its structure, entry in menuconfig and building
> routines are still attached to the 'vme/' subtree now outside
> 'staging/'. The present patchset fixes it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@...eagain.dev>

What about deleting the vme drivers entirely?

Martyn, anyone still using these?

thanks,

greg k-h