linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] cxl: Remove driver

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Message-ID: <2cf0c159-5f29-4098-8fb3-47be4eeea37e@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:29:09 +0100
From: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ukrishn@...ux.ibm.com, manoj@...ux.ibm.com,
        clombard@...ux.ibm.com, vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cxl: Remove driver



On 10/12/2024 08:27, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> Remove the cxl driver that provides support for the IBM Coherent
> Accelerator Processor Interface. Revert or clean up associated code in
> arch/powerpc that is no longer necessary.
> 
> cxl has received minimal maintenance for several years, and is not
> supported on the Power10 processor. We aren't aware of any users who are
> likely to be using recent kernels.
> 
> Thanks to Mikey Neuling, Ian Munsie, Daniel Axtens, Frederic Barrat,
> Christophe Lombard, Philippe Bergheaud, Vaibhav Jain and Alastair
> D'Silva for their work on this driver over the years.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>

With the understanding that it would be merged (at least) one release 
cycle after 
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?series=436003&state=* 
:

Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>

And many thanks for doing it!

   Fred