netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] serial: remove netx serial driver

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:26:15 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Michael Trensch <MTrensch@...scher.com>,
        Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] serial: remove netx serial driver

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:16 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> The netx platform got removed, so this driver is now
> useless.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

We seem so overlap :)
https://marc.info/?l=linux-serial&m=156377843325488&w=2

Anyways, the patches are identical except here:

> -/* Hilscher netx */
> +/* Hilscher netx (removed) */
>  #define PORT_NETX      71

Is there some reason for keeping the magical number around?
When I looked over the file there seemed to be more "holes"
in the list.

Yours,
Linus Walleij