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

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Message-ID: <20221224160055.ln3dbhx7dnut7dwi@pali>
Date:   Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:00:55 +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 16:58:19 Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 04:48:42PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> How is one supposed to find those userspace projects?

Maybe it would be a wise to read a documentation which is in the kernel
source tree? Or at least read the deletion patch itself as it is linked
from there? Or what else could be easier than this?

> Lemme repeat my question: is there a logic/rule somewhere which says to
> inform *you* when this driver gets removed?!

Let me repeat my original question again: Why to remove this driver?