On Tue, Mar 23 2021, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

I'm also Ccing Neil, who is one of the authors.

Thanks!
I have no objection to the removal.  The driver served its purpose at
the time, but technology has moved on.
Add
  Acked-by: NeilBrown [off-list ref]
if you like (not necessary).

Thanks,
NeilBrown

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, Bueso wrote:

quoted

This removes the driver on the premise that it has been unused for a long
time. This is a better approach compared to changing untestable code nobody
cares about in the first place. Similarly, the umem.com website now shows a
mere Godaddy parking add.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <redacted>
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arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig       |    1 -
arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_defconfig   |    1 -
arch/mips/configs/maltaup_xpa_defconfig |    1 -
drivers/block/Kconfig                   |   17 -
drivers/block/Makefile                  |    1 -
drivers/block/umem.c                    | 1130 -----------------------
drivers/block/umem.h                    |  132 ---
7 files changed, 1283 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 drivers/block/umem.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/block/umem.h