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Message-ID: References: <20221202182758.1339039-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20221224095353.w32xhmyzlft6qi4v@pali> <20221224101139.sgvhr2n3pbrs4agm@pali> <20221224133425.vlcxbaaynihiom4a@pali> <20221224154842.o4ngrwmskduowttm@pali> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20221224154842.o4ngrwmskduowttm@pali> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 04:48:42PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > Do you think that it is fully illogical to never inform and ignore > userspace projects which are under active maintenance and are using > kernel APIs and kernel drivers which somebody decided to remove? How is one supposed to find those userspace projects? Lemme repeat my question: is there a logic/rule somewhere which says to inform *you* when this driver gets removed?! -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette