Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763531AbXHKDmW (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:42:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752174AbXHKDmN (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:42:13 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:53827 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751506AbXHKDmM (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:42:12 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:42:07 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Kristen Carlson Accardi Cc: Greg KH , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, pcihpd-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] cpqphp_ctrl.c: remove dead code Message-ID: <20070811034207.GA22216@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Kristen Carlson Accardi , Greg KH , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, pcihpd-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net References: <20070723145105.GK26212@stusta.de> <20070809145140.654303a0.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> <20070809222427.GA32127@suse.de> <20070809154702.caa67a61.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070809154702.caa67a61.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 746 Lines: 14 On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 03:47:02PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > fine by me - let's NAK this patch (and all future ones for this driver) until > someone with hardware steps up to maintain this driver. Eventually it > will just die I guess. Very bad idea. For example I sent a patch ages ago to remove kernel_thread useage from the driver. We need to get that patch in sooner or later because the kernel_thread export will have to go away. We're not going to block that on this driver. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/