Re: [PATCH] watchdog: ebc-c384_wdt: Remove support

From: William Breathitt Gray
Date: Mon Apr 10 2023 - 10:51:49 EST


On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 07:43:37AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 4/10/23 07:31, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> > The current maintainer no longer has access to the device for testing,
> > the original user of this driver indicates that they have moved on to
> > another device, and the manufacturer WINSYSTEMS does not appear
> > interested in taking over support for this code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A bit harsh, maybe. Just mark it as orphan for the time being.
>
> I see there are other Winsystems drivers. What are you going to do
> with those ?
>
> Guenter

Oops, I didn't mean for that commit message to sound so harsh but merely
log some brief reasons for the support removal for posterity. However, I
adjust this to orphan status rather than dropping; what is the process
to mark a driver as orphaned?

As for the other Winsystems drivers, I'm still able to test those so I
can continue maintainance of those -- although I'm always open if
WINSYSTEMS would like to join as a supporter, or a user co-maintainer
comes along. ;-)

William Breathitt Gray

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