> > >That fixes tpm_tis, but there are other ancient TPM drivers that use
> > >the old, now broken way.
> > >
> > >So, we still need to do something here. Either fixup b8b2c7d845d5 as
> > >you have proposed, remove the now broken obsolete TPM drivers, or try
> > >and fix them..
> >
> > How broken are they and since when?

> oops the kernel broken, since 4.4-rc1 apparently, so not released yet.
damn, I was hoping MUCH longer :)

> > Mark them as obsolete , default them to No and remove them by 4.10
> > if there are no objections?

> Greg KH has been advising just to delete stuff right away. It is easy
> to undelete something if someone comes around with hardware and is
> willing to test

Can you point to that discussion or was it offline?
I mean for staging, yes there it is clear, but for stuff that is officially 
"upstream", I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks,
Peter


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