Re: [RFC] drivers/staging/axis-fifo: TODO file and subsystem direction

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 12:07:48PM +0530, Grewstad wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > If no one is using it, why don't we just delete it then?  It can come
> > back if someone shows a real use-case for it.
> 
> Yes, this is what i was thinking. These boards are generally used for
> development and research teams can probably maintain a patch if
> they really want it. As you said, it can always come back if a
> user-space application depends on it.
> 
> One drawback that comes to mind is a development group may
> currently be maintaining a proprietary application that depends on it.

Then they will speak up when the driver goes away and we can revert the
removal quite easily.  It's not like code is ever "gone" for forever.

thanks,

greg k-h