Re: [PATCH] jme: remove the jme driver as it is no longer maintained

2016-02-22 Thread Diego Viola
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Diego Viola wrote: > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:45 AM, One Thousand Gnomes > wrote: >>> I would appreciate some hint from someone who is more experienced with >>> drivers. >> >> Start by testing >> >> - loading the driver as a module >> - using the networking >> -

Re: [PATCH] jme: remove the jme driver as it is no longer maintained

2016-02-21 Thread Diego Viola
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:45 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: >> I would appreciate some hint from someone who is more experienced with >> drivers. > > Start by testing > > - loading the driver as a module > - using the networking > - unloading the module (and checking it stays unloaded!) > > then

Re: [PATCH] jme: remove the jme driver as it is no longer maintained

2016-02-20 Thread Diego Viola
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:16 PM, David Miller wrote: > > Sorry, this is not how things work. > > You can suggest marking the driver unmaintained in MAINTAINERS if the > listed developer has been unresponsive for a very long time. > > But removing the driver altogether is not prudent at all. > > J

Re: [PATCH] jme: remove the jme driver as it is no longer maintained

2016-02-20 Thread David Miller
Sorry, this is not how things work. You can suggest marking the driver unmaintained in MAINTAINERS if the listed developer has been unresponsive for a very long time. But removing the driver altogether is not prudent at all. Just because it doesn't work %100 the way you like, and nobody has wor