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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:18:29 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: ebc-c384_wdt: Mark status as orphaned
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To:     William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
        Paul Demetrotion <pdemetrotion@winsystems.com>,
        techsupport@winsystems.com,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        Fred Eckert <Frede@cmslaser.com>
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On 4/10/23 08:05, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> The current maintainer no longer has access to the device for testing,
> the original user of this driver indicates that they have moved on to
> another device, and the manufacturer WINSYSTEMS does not appear
> interested in taking over support for this code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org> > ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 90abe83c02f3..8ef060ef48d8 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -22514,7 +22514,7 @@ F:	drivers/media/rc/winbond-cir.c
>   WINSYSTEMS EBC-C384 WATCHDOG DRIVER
>   M:	William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org>

You should also remove the M: line because, after all, there
won't be a maintainer anymore.

Thanks,
Guenter

>   L:	linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Orphan
>   F:	drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
>   
>   WINSYSTEMS WS16C48 GPIO DRIVER
> 
> base-commit: 09a9639e56c01c7a00d6c0ca63f4c7c41abe075d