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charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260909132153.1596191-1-arnd@kernel.org> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260909_102702_538232_49A8097A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 23.10 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 03:21:37PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > As part of my cleanup of old platforms, I had a look at all drivers that > may have become unused because the last platform_data or DT definition > was removed, or because of unmet Kconfig dependencies. > > These are all the mfd drivers I found. The first ten in the list > actually turned out to have been unusable long before my series, and > I have added explanations on how I determined this in each patch. The > last four patches are still in use in linux-7.3 but become unused after > my series [1] that I hope to get merged for 7.4. > > Somewhat unorthodox, I took a shortcut here and remove both the mfd drivers > and the corresponding subsystem drivers (gpio, hwmon, iio, input, led, > media, power, regulator, rtc, video, watchdog, asoc) in a combined patch, > to simplify the interdependencies: removing just the mfd driver would > leave unselectable or broken drivers in other subsystems. I also have > additional patches for each of the other subsystems, currently a total > of 300 patches, many of which still need better testing or proper > changelog texts. > > Please let me know if you all think this approach is ok, or if I should > explode this further and turn these 14 patches into 70 individual ones > by splitting them per subsystem. Sounds good to me, especially if Lee makes an immutable branch from this pull so we can all pull it in... Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov # for input Thanks. -- Dmitry