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

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Message-ID: <Y6cnwA9ULyMXlL2j@duo.ucw.cz>
Date:   Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:24:32 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        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 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?!

You are not exactly polite here.

Anyway, we have rule saying "no regressions" and that includes "we
don't remove drivers people use".

(And yes, at some point we do ask people using the code to also
maintain it...)

Best regards,
							Pavel
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