Re: [PATCH] Remove phyp driver

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On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 10:43:11AM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
> The phyp driver was added in 2009 and does not appear to have had any
> real feature change since 2011. There's virtually no evidence online
> of users actually using it. IMO it's time to kill it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I raised this in 3.5 years ago:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-April/msg01060.html
> 
> Not much on phyp/ side has changed since then, except dozens of dev
> patches transitioning the code forward.
> 
> That mail also mentions xenapi and hyperv. hyperv saw signs of life
> afterwards and is still around. xenapi has been removed, along with uml.
> 
> Considering the amount of code transitions we are currently undergoing
> (gnulib, glib, memory auto cleanup, etc), phyp/ will probably have an
> uptick of dev energy in the medium term. Let's bite the bullet and
> remove it!
> 
>  docs/aclpolkit.html.in        |    4 -
>  docs/api.html.in              |    2 +-
>  docs/drivers.html.in          |    1 -
>  docs/drvphyp.html.in          |   50 -
>  docs/schemas/capability.rng   |    3 +-
>  docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng |    2 +-
>  libvirt.spec.in               |   11 +-
>  m4/virt-driver-phyp.m4        |   48 -
>  mingw-libvirt.spec.in         |    7 -
>  po/POTFILES.in                |    1 -
>  src/Makefile.am               |    1 -
>  src/README                    |    1 -
>  src/libvirt.c                 |   10 -
>  src/phyp/Makefile.inc.am      |   21 -
>  src/phyp/phyp_driver.c        | 3739 ---------------------------------
>  src/phyp/phyp_driver.h        |   24 -
>  16 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3921 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 docs/drvphyp.html.in
>  delete mode 100644 m4/virt-driver-phyp.m4
>  delete mode 100644 src/phyp/Makefile.inc.am
>  delete mode 100644 src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
>  delete mode 100644 src/phyp/phyp_driver.h

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>


Regards,
Daniel
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