[PATCH v2] net/szedata2: remove driver

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/11/2021 9:26 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> 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.

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.