linux-kernel - [RFC] staging: fieldbus: Proposal to delete driver

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Message-ID: <96ae2b42-c0ce-4d9a-8933-eb874dc5589b@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:45:37 +0200
From: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...il.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>,
 Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
 Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>, Zhu Wang <wangzhu9@...wei.com>,
 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
 Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>, Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@...il.com>,
 Tian Tao <tiantao6@...ilicon.com>,
 Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
 Ding Xiang <dingxiang@...s.chinamobile.com>,
 Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@...wei.com>,
 Cristiane Naves <cristianenavescardoso09@...il.com>,
 YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
 Oscar Gomez Fuente <oscargomezf@...il.com>,
 Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Subject: [RFC] staging: fieldbus: Proposal to delete driver

Dear Sirs,

Sven Van Asbroeck contributed this driver in 2019.

The following points let me propose to delete the driver:
- This driver generates maintenance workload
- only 11 patches during the last 3 years. Part of the patches seem to 
be motivated because of maintenance (for example - remove deprecated 
function)
- Maintainer lost interest, last "Reviewed-by:" is May 2021
- no blog about usage of this driver

The staging subsystem is the way for drivers into the kernel - at 
current speed and interest this is never going to happen.

I think that fieldbus is an interesting topic. But when almost nobody 
cares about this driver, it does not make sense to keep it.

Please consider that support will remain for years in the longterm kernels.

Thanks for any response about your thoughts.

No response will result in a patch for removal in 14 days. This time can 
be shorted or extended by appropriate comments.

Bye Philipp