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

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Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:02:31 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Hyunwoo Kim" <imv4bel@...il.com>,
        "Harald Welte" <laforge@...monks.org>,
        "Lubomir Rintel" <lkundrak@...sk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] char: pcmcia: remove all the drivers

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023, at 10:23, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
> 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>
> Cc: "Hyunwoo Kim" <imv4bel@...il.com>
> Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
> Cc: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Thanks for cleaning this up!

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>