Re: [PATCH] caif: remove caif_shm

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Mar 17 2013 - 12:17:27 EST


From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:25:23 +0100

> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Erwan Yvin <erwan.yvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> caif_shm is an old implementation
>> caif_shm will be replaced by caif_virtio
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Erwan Yvin <erwan.yvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Sjur Brendeland <sjur.brandeland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The story is something like this: U5500 used this, but was cancelled
> and the silicon did not reach anyone outside ST-Ericsson.
>
> Then for the next platforms, we have gone for the leaner & cleaner
> approach of using virtio, rpmesg and rproc.
>
> This can be safely deleted.

That's a better explanation, applied to net-next, thanks!
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