netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/7] Drop support for Renesys H8/300 architecture

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Date:	Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:44:45 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	IDE-ML <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Drop support for Renesys H8/300 architecture

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:14:20PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I would not mind if Linus would agree to pull it right away for 3.12,
>> > but that seems to be a bit on the fast side.
>>
>> I'm ok with code deletion patches, I don't think that would be a
>> problem. I didn't check them, but I assume this is all literally just
>> removing code that is conditional on h8/300 config options?
>>
> Yes.
>
> I found a couple more since I sent the series, but nothing significant.
>
> What is your preference - keep it until 3.13, or prepare it now and send you
> a pull request for 3.12 ?

It would be nice to check with Sato-san, who wanted to attend Kernel
Summit as a hobbyist architecture maintainer, and see what are his plans
and opinions.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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