Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init()

From	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init()
Date	2015-12-09 20:40 +0100
Message-ID	<qDSKK-49e-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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> You should just delete that code along with the Kconfig and Makefile
> entries.  Don't bother moving it to staging.  The move to staging is
> supposed to give people one last chance to yell if they absolutely need
> the code.  No one has compiled this code for years so no one will miss
> it.

And for stuff which might be worth saving (eg something that looks rather
broken but has possibly got users) the driver goes into staging
in its own directory and the Makefile and Kconfig entry for it move into
the staging directory with the hope that someone screams and maintains it.

Alan

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[patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2015-12-09 11:30 +0100
  Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2015-12-09 13:00 +0100
    Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-12-09 13:10 +0100
    Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2015-12-09 14:50 +0100
      Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2015-12-09 15:20 +0100
        Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2015-12-09 18:50 +0100
          Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-12-09 19:20 +0100
            Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2015-12-09 19:30 +0100
              Re: [patch RESEND] atp870u: 64 bit bug in atp885_init() One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2015-12-09 20:40 +0100

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