From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: shawn.guo@linaro.org (Shawn Guo) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:35:09 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 12/34] media: mx1_camera: remove the driver In-Reply-To: <201209180913.54835.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1347860103-4141-1-git-send-email-shawn.guo@linaro.org> <20120918012848.GE1338@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> <201209180913.54835.arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <20120920013507.GD2450@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 09:13:54AM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2012, Shawn Guo wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:33:25AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > > Ok, it used to compile not-so-long-ago, but it doesn't seem to be cared > > > for a lot lately. Let's give Paulius a bit more time to react to this > > > mail, otherwise I'll have no objections. Just as an idea, to make it a bit > > > milder we could first mark it BROKEN and add to remove schedule... But I > > > don't mind either way. > > > > > I chose to remove the driver completely rather than marking it BROKEN > > because the removal of the driver cleans up platform code a lot :) > > > > Ok, if we hear anything back from Paulius in the next couple of weeks, > > I keep the driver there with BROKEN marked. > > Sounds fine to me. Of course, if someone wants the driver back and is > willing to fix it, we'll just revert this patch even after the driver > is gone. > > I would like an Ack from Mauro however. You did not Cc him directly > in the patch, and he probably has an opionion on it as well, or may > want to take this patch through his git tree. > I've seen Guennadi is collecting camera patches and sending them to Mauro recently. So I think Guennadi is someone that Mauro trusts. But yes, we should copy him directly to see if he has an opionion on this driver removal. Shawn