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Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:10:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Bruno Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@codeagain.dev>
Cc:     Martyn Welch <martyn@welchs.me.uk>,
        Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] staging: vme: Cleanup driver tree old structures
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 09:41:14AM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 02:31:38PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 09:18:51AM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:39:36AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 08:16:05PM +0100, Martyn Welch wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2022-04-20 at 18:43 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 08:29:49PM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> > > > > > > This patch series modify the vme_user driver's place in
> > > > > > > menuconfig (1/3), fixes a missing `depends on` line in a Kconfig
> > > > > > > file
> > > > > > > (2/3), and rearrages the directory tree for the driver allowing a
> > > > > > > more
> > > > > > > straightforward comprehension of its contents (3/3).
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The 'vme_user/' driver is the only remaining vme-family driver in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > 'staging/' tree, but its structure, entry in menuconfig and
> > > > > > > building
> > > > > > > routines are still attached to the 'vme/' subtree now outside
> > > > > > > 'staging/'. The present patchset fixes it.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruno Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@codeagain.dev>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What about deleting the vme drivers entirely?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I assume you're suggesting deleting the "vme_user" driver from the
> > > > > staging directory?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, at the very least given that no one has tried to fix it up and get
> > > > it out of staging in many years.
> > > 
> > > While I cannot comment anything on that regard, I imagine the v4 I sent
> > > a couple of days ago will wait for that decision, right?
> > 
> > I do not know what you are referring to, sorry.  My staging patch queue
> > is empty right now.
> Ohhh, okay, no problem, I have sent a v4 around 6 days ago and thought
> you were waiting on this definition.

If I did not take it, please resend.

thanks,

greg k-h