Re: [PATCH 4/4] MAINTAINERS: drop NXP LAYERSCAPE GEN4 CONTROLLER
From: Manivannan Sadhasivam
Date: Thu Aug 15 2024 - 11:54:05 EST
On Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 12:02:17PM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
> LX2160 Rev1 use mobivel PCIe controller, but Rev2 switch to designware
> PCIe controller. Rev2 is mass production chip. Rev1 will not be maintained
> so drop maintainer information for that.
>
Instead of suddenly removing the code and breaking users, you can just mark the
driver as 'Obsolete' in MAINTAINERS. Then after some point of time, we could
hopefully remove.
- Mani
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 1e71f97fb6749..9b683899cd088 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17556,14 +17556,6 @@ S: Supported
> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/nvidia,tegra20-pcie.txt
> F: drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c
>
> -PCI DRIVER FOR NXP LAYERSCAPE GEN4 CONTROLLER
> -M: Hou Zhiqiang <Zhiqiang.Hou@xxxxxxx>
> -L: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -L: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S: Maintained
> -F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/layerscape-pcie-gen4.txt
> -F: drivers/pci/controller/mobiveil/pcie-layerscape-gen4.c
> -
> PCI DRIVER FOR PLDA PCIE IP
> M: Daire McNamara <daire.mcnamara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>
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