[PATCH v2] net/szedata2: remove driver

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/11/2021 9:08 AM, Martin Spinler wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-11-10 at 16:08 +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>> On 11/10/2021 3:39 PM, Martin Spinler wrote:
>>> Remove the szedata2 device driver as the platform is no longer
>>> supported.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler<spinler at cesnet.cz>
>>
>> Thanks Martin for the update.
>>
>> It would be better to announce the removal a release in advance,
>> to let possible users know about it and cover themselves.
>> This is what our device deprecation policy.
> 
> I'm sorry for that, I've missed that point.
> 
>>
>> But for this case, keeping the driver in this release will mean
>> to maintain it in the LTS for two more years. Because of this I am
>> OK to remove the driver, but cc'ed techboard for any objection.
>>
>>
>> Also I don't know if device was available in the public market,
>> what is the chance to have the users using this device without
>> your company's knowledge.
> 
> The devices were sold and supported directly by the Netcope
> Technologies. I asked them about driver removal and they think it will
> not affect any customer.
> 

This is what I was expecting, so the impact of removal is minimum.