linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] char: pcmcia: remove all the drivers

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Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:55:30 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@...il.com>,
        Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>,
        Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] char: pcmcia: remove all the drivers

Am Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:23:02AM +0100 schrieb Jiri Slaby (SUSE):
> These char PCMCIA drivers are buggy[1] and receive only minimal care. It
> was concluded[2], that we should try to remove most pcmcia drivers
> completely. Let's start with these char broken one.
> 
> Note that I also removed a UAPI header: include/uapi/linux/cm4000_cs.h.
> I found only coccinelle tests mentioning some ioctl constants from that
> file. But they are not actually used. Anyway, should someone complain,
> we may reintroduce the header (or its parts).
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/f41c2765-80e0-48bc-b1e4-8cfd3230fd4a@www.fastmail.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c5b39544-a4fb-4796-a046-0b9be9853787@app.fastmail.com/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>

Thanks
	Dominik