Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752540AbZJTQIS (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752455AbZJTQIR (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:17 -0400 Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:38009 "EHLO rgminet11.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752392AbZJTQIR (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:06:27 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] strip: move driver to staging Message-Id: <20091020090627.f36130fb.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <1256015830-12700-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> References: <1256015830-12700-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.12.0; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.4ADDE065.0165:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1637 Lines: 40 On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:17:07 +0900 John W. Linville wrote: > Move the strip ("Starmode Radio IP") driver to drivers/staging. For > several years this driver has only seen API "bombing-run" changes, and > few people ever had the hardware. This driver represents unnecessary > ongoing maintenance for no clear benefit. > > This patch brought to you by the "hacking" session at the 2009 Kernel > Summit in Tokyo, Japan... is drivers/staging/ a temporary home or a permanent home? so no explanation of what it means to be in drivers/staging/ and no warning to users? either in Kconfig or in feature-removal-schedule.txt? > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > --- > drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 23 - > drivers/net/wireless/Makefile | 1 - > drivers/net/wireless/strip.c | 2805 ---------------------------------------- > drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 + > drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig | 22 + > drivers/staging/strip/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/staging/strip/strip.c | 2805 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 8 files changed, 2831 insertions(+), 2829 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/strip.c > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/strip/Makefile > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/strip/strip.c --- ~Randy -- 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/