Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH] tools: remove blktap2 related code and documentation

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:50:56AM +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> Blktap2 is effectively dead code for a few years.
> 
> Notable changes in this patch:
> 
> 0. Unhook blktap2 from build system
> 1. Now libxl no longer supports TAP ask backend, appropriate assertions
>    are added and some code paths now return ERROR_FAIL
> 2. Tap is no longer a supported backend in doc
> 3. Remove relevant entries in MAINTAINERS
> 
> A patch to actually remove blktap2 directory will come later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Compile-test only at this stage.
> 
> Ross, do you have any objection for this? I haven't seen update from the
> joint blktap2 maintenance for a few months.
> 

Got no objection so far. I will test this patch and strip the RFC tag in
subject line.

Wei.

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