netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: x25_asy: Delete the x25

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Message-ID: <20201107141909.05a4c56e@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sat, 7 Nov 2020 14:19:09 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>,
        linux-x25@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: x25_asy: Delete the x25_asy driver

On Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:43:53 +0100 Martin Schiller wrote:
> On 2020-11-05 16:06, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > ...
> > Adding Martin Schiller and Andrew Hendry, plus the linux-x25 mailing
> > list to Cc. When I last looked at the wan drivers, I think I concluded
> > that this should still be kept around, but I do not remember why.
> > OTOH if it was broken for a long time, that is a clear indication that
> > it was in fact unused.  
> 
> As Xie has already mentioned, the linux-x25 mailing list unfortunately
> is broken for a long time. Maybe David could have a look at this.
> 
> I still use the X.25 subsystem together with the hdlc-x25 driver and as
> I wrote some time ago this will continue for some time.
> 
> I'm also still contributing patches for it (even if only drop by drop).
> 
> But I have never used the x25_asy driver.
> 
> > Hopefully Martin or Andrew can provide a definite Ack or Nack on this.
> >   
> 
> ACK from my side, even if I'm a bit sorry about the work of Xie.
> 
> Acked-by: Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>

Applied to net-next, thanks!