Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: octeon-usb: delete the octeon usb host controller driver

[gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 04:06:51AM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-12-10 at 10:15 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This driver was merged back in 2013 and shows no progress toward every
> > being merged into the "correct" part of the kernel.  The code doesn't
> > even build for anyone unless you have the specific hardware platform
> > selected, so odds are it doesn't even work anymore.
> > 
> > Remove it for now and is someone comes along that has the hardware and
> > is willing to fix it up, it can be reverted.
> > 
> > Cc: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Himadri Pandya <himadri18.07@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Frank A. Cancio Bello" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Sumit Pundir <pundirsumit11@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Laura Lazzati <laura.lazzati.15@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> Similarly we'd really like to keep this too.

Great, same thing here!

thanks,

greg k-h