linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: remove driver.

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Message-ID: <20221224154842.o4ngrwmskduowttm@pali>
Date:   Sat, 24 Dec 2022 16:48:42 +0100
From:   Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Maier <balagi@...tmail.de>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: remove driver.

On Saturday 24 December 2022 16:14:13 Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 02:34:25PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > And asking question back is not the best way too.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something here but is there a logic/rule somewhere
> which says to inform *you* when this driver gets removed?!

Do you think that it is fully illogical to never inform and ignore
userspace projects which are under active maintenance and are using
kernel APIs and kernel drivers which somebody decided to remove?

> I can't find one, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl doesn't say so either.
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
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