Re: [PATCH char-misc-next 1/1] misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:14:15PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote:
> This patch removes the MIC drivers from the kernel tree
> since the corresponding devices have been discontinued.

Does "discontinued" mean "never shipped a device so no one has access to
this hardware anymore", or does it mean "we stopped shipping devices and
there are customers with this?"

> Removing the dma and char-misc changes in one patch and
> merging via the char-misc tree is best to avoid any
> potential build breakage.
> 
> Cc: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@xxxxxxxxx>

I like deleting code, can this go into 5.10-final?

thanks,

greg k-h