Re: [PATCH] staging: evict abandoned 68360serial.c driver from 3.4

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On 12-03-28 11:05 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 07:07:11PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>> commit 3a0db7215c88077b61a673215756ec4a0dc0c7a5
>>
>>     "TTY: serial, move 68360 driver to staging"
>>
>> did so because the driver had remained broken since 2008.  It also
>> added this text to the TODO file:
>>
>>    "If no one steps up to adopt any of these drivers, they will
>>     be removed in the 3.4 release."
>>
>> A quick search on the internet doesn't reveal anyone actively
>> trying to update/fix this driver, so follow through on the above
>> and remove it from the pending 3.4 release.
>>
>> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for this, but as I missed the merge window for 3.4, I'll queue it
> up for 3.5 just to be safe.

Thanks Greg,

I only happened to stumble upon it last night or I would have
sent it earlier. No harm in it sitting there another release.
Feel free to prune the "from 3.4" off the end of the shortlog.

Paul.

> 
> greg k-h
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