RE: RE: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ll_temac: Fix DMA resources leak

[Katakam, Harini]

Hi,

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> From: Katakam, Harini <harini.katakam@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 11:21 AM
> To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski
> <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jonas Suhr Christensen <jsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S.
> Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>; Haoyue Xu
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> Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>; Yang Yingliang
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> Srinivas <srinivas.neeli@xxxxxxx>; Pandey, Radhey Shyam
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> Subject: RE: RE: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ll_temac: Fix DMA resources leak
> 
> Hi Christophe,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2023 6:46 PM
> > To: Katakam, Harini <harini.katakam@xxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski
> > <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jonas Suhr Christensen <jsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S.
> > Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>; Haoyue Xu
> > <xuhaoyue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; huangjunxian
> <huangjunxian6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>; Yang Yingliang
> > <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>; Esben Haabendal <esben@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> linux-
> > arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Neeli,
> > Srinivas <srinivas.neeli@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: RE: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ll_temac: Fix DMA resources
> > leak
> >
<snip>
> > >>
> > >> Harini, are you the designated maintainer for this driver? Could
> > >> you add a MAINTAINERS entry for it? I don't see one right now.
> > >> And possibly pick up these patches / fix the problem, if you have the
> cycles?
> > >
> > > Sure, Srinivas (cced) will pick up this series and send a v3.
> > > I'll get back on the state of this IP/driver for the maintainers list.
> > > Will include that patch in the beginning of the series as well.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Harini
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > this patch, or an updated version, has not reached -next yet.
> >
> > Does someone still working on it, or did it got lost?
> 
> Apologies, we dint get a chance to close on this. We'll fix and re-spin next
> month.
> This IP and driver are in minimal support mode right now.
> We'll update the maintainers entry.

We checked internally for hardware to test this and concluded that this IP
is no longer supported and driver cannot be maintained.
I have just sent a patch to add an obsolete MAINTAINERS entry for this driver.
Apologies for not updating the state earlier.

Regards,
Harini