Aw: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL

From	"Peter Huewe" <PeterHuewe@gmx.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Aw: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL
Date	2015-12-01 20:00 +0100
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> > >That fixes tpm_tis, but there are other ancient TPM drivers that use
> > >the old, now broken way.
> > >
> > >So, we still need to do something here. Either fixup b8b2c7d845d5 as
> > >you have proposed, remove the now broken obsolete TPM drivers, or try
> > >and fix them..
> >
> > How broken are they and since when?

> oops the kernel broken, since 4.4-rc1 apparently, so not released yet.
damn, I was hoping MUCH longer :)

> > Mark them as obsolete , default them to No and remove them by 4.10
> > if there are no objections?

> Greg KH has been advising just to delete stuff right away. It is easy
> to undelete something if someone comes around with hardware and is
> willing to test

Can you point to that discussion or was it offline?
I mean for staging, yes there it is clear, but for stuff that is officially "upstream", I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks,
Peter


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Re: [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL "Wilck, Martin" <martin.wilck@ts.fujitsu.com> - 2015-12-01 11:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL Uwe Kleine-König   <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> - 2015-12-01 14:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL "Wilck, Martin" <martin.wilck@ts.fujitsu.com> - 2015-12-01 16:20 +0100
      Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe  function is NULL Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2015-12-01 18:30 +0100
        Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de> - 2015-12-01 19:40 +0100
          Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe  function is NULL Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2015-12-01 19:50 +0100
            Aw: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe  function is NULL "Peter Huewe" <PeterHuewe@gmx.de> - 2015-12-01 20:00 +0100
              Re: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe  function is NULL Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2015-12-01 20:10 +0100

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