Re: [PATCH] tty: moxa: remove driver.

Jiri Slaby <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 07:12:01 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-serial,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 03. 08. 26, 14:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is a very old driver, and no known hardware is still around for it,
> and the company says they do not need it anymore, so let's remove it as
> the LLMs are starting to poke at it and find "interesting" things which
> will just waste everyone's time given it's not actually used.
> 
> So let's drop it.  If someone really needs it, it can come back in the
> future, in a more "modern" way, as the style here is very old...
> 
> Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]>
> Cc: Crescent Hsieh <[email protected]>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/afqyY8FQ8ZfpH48_@moxa-ThinkCentre-M90t/
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

LGTM, there are leftovers though:
MAINTAINERS
18341:MOXA SMARTIO/INDUSTIO/INTELLIO SERIAL CARD

Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
2391: 172 char  Moxa Intellio serial card
2398: 173 char  Moxa Intellio serial card - alternate devices

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Funilly, the MAINTAINERS entry was supposed to be for both mxser 
(SMARTIO/INDUSTIO) and moxa (INTELLIO), but the F: pattern for moxa was 
never added (cf. 679655daffdd). INTELLIO should dismiss from there, 
nonetheless.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs