linux-kernel - [RFC] staging: gdm724x: Proposal to delete drivers gdmtty and gdmulte

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Message-ID: <50020db0-3bad-41f5-8da3-c66bc0a90fe6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:41:51 +0200
From: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To: Jonathan Kim <jonathankim@...semi.com>, Dean ahn <deanahn@...semi.com>,
 Won Kang <wonkang@...semi.com>, support@...semi.com
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: [RFC] staging: gdm724x: Proposal to delete drivers gdmtty and gdmulte

Dear Sirs,

Won Kang from gct contributed the driver gdm724x to the Linux kernel 
staging subsystem in 2013.

The following points let me propose to delete the driver:
- This driver generates maintenance workload (for example  CVE)
- The manufacturer is not interested and does not care as Emails or 
inquiries, to support or involved persons of gct, got unanswered.
- Did not find a possibility to buy the chips.
- Did not find minimal documentation on the web.
- Did not find a device where it is build in and the user is able to 
install any Linux. Therefore it is not possible to do any testing of the 
driver from the community.
- No blog entries about anyone using the gdmtty and gdmulte.
- No response about usage of this drivers to the Email from April 2024
https://lore.kernel.org/all/78b521eb-4e89-4c01-8dfc-1fb990e6887d@gmail.com/

Thanks for any response about your thoughts.

Bye Philipp