From: gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Aaron Wu <aaron.wu@analog.com>,
linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
Steve Underwood <steveu@coppice.org>,
David Rowe <david@rowetel.com>
Subject: Re: [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 11/28] misc: Remove Blackfin DSP echo support
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:25:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180315162522.GA2258@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2MKK4gNfP6jN8+ZXpUgS56UBqwdM5aPnbe3e--0BWr5w@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 04:54:11PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Aaron Wu <aaron.wu@analog.com> wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Aaron Wu <aaron.wu@analog.com>
> >
> > Remove Blackfin DSP echo support
> > ---
> > drivers/misc/echo/echo.c | 73 ------------------------------------------------
> > drivers/misc/echo/fir.h | 50 ---------------------------------
> > 2 files changed, 123 deletions(-)
>
> I had picked up this patch at first, but now took a closer look and found no
> users of this module. It sounds to me like we should remove the entire
> directory rather than just the blackfin portion.
>
> Adding the original authors to Cc for clarification.
The echo "driver" is used by Asterix systems. It seems to be the only
driver that ended up getting merged upstream from that huge mess. So
there are users of it, or at least there were, I don't know how popular
Asterix is these days.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-15 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-15 10:50 [OpenRISC] [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 01/28] Blackfin arch: Remove Blackfin CPU arch general support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 02/28] net: Remove Blackfin Ethernet support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 03/28] media: Remove Blackfin media support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 04/28] tty: Remove Blackfin tty and uart support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 05/28] rtc: Remove Blackfin RTC support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 06/28] mmc: Remove Blackfin SD host support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 07/28] watchdog: Remove Blackfin watchdog support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 14:43 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-03-15 14:43 ` [OpenRISC] " Guenter Roeck
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 08/28] Asoc: Remove Blackfin ASOC support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 09/28] input: Remove Blackfin input support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 10/28] i2c: Remove Blackfin I2C bus support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 11/28] misc: Remove Blackfin DSP echo support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 15:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-15 16:25 ` gregkh [this message]
2018-03-15 19:27 ` David Rowe
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 12/28] video: Remove Blackfin video support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 13/28] cpufreq: Remove Blackfin CPU frequency support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 14/28] mtd: Remove Blackfin MTD support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 15/28] spi: Remove Blackfin SPI bus support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 16/28] irda: Remove Blackfin IRDA support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 17/28] usb: Remove Blackfin USB support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 18/28] crypto: Remove Blackfin crypto support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 14:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-15 14:55 ` Herbert Xu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 19/28] ata: Remove Blackfin PATA support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 20/28] pwm: Remove Blackfin PWM support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 21/28] pcmcia: Remove Blackfin PCMCIA support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 22/28] can: Remove Blackfin CAN bus support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 23/28] char: Remove Blackfin OTP support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 24/28] pinctrl: Remove Blackfin pinctrl support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 25/28] staging: Remove Blackfin iio trigger timer support Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 26/28] samples: Remove Blackfin gptimers sample code Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 27/28] documentation: Remove Blackfin documentation Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 28/28] MAINTAINERS: Remove Blackfin from MAINTAINERS list Aaron Wu
2018-03-15 10:50 ` [OpenRISC] " Aaron Wu
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-03-16 7:08 [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 03/28] media: Remove Blackfin media support Aaron Wu
2018-03-16 7:08 ` [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 11/28] misc: Remove Blackfin DSP echo support Aaron Wu
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