From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [198.175.65.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EE74500978; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:23:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.175.65.12 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768991014; cv=none; b=q9FDnr6nL9XgrqXw30kkIOrT+zs+IHS6GzMIet8+jgIirDVY1Pa9bCoSjwCfv4IEIbKlMdqLZnfd+r4m63uN2B4n/ASswa1zoBmYHRama9RLjeqrlXJmgDPll6P3TCla058wWQ6dAOzmod6xWGNQL+//dTy+1sMOdioqdJEwLi8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768991014; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ekDTccZ4XTF8np5t2ube3xIR0jfbzSJiWbsY/k+ToHY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Fpnkdpk9qJDnt1+OtwM3CwcuXtcJNTbj7wR9m0wMTcJpeJGIb5nM17NnVV4yijltT0MCMvhhn8/Sq7cm4nXjcZy6uW2YY6VL+4w5+qM8zrvgpWSFX8R9aBAL3uZZJI0i7Wr+OeLJet5u9GqXSjdUnVGaZCYGT7OIH+REiEuKTwM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=YEXMcezP; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.175.65.12 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="YEXMcezP" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1768991012; x=1800527012; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=ekDTccZ4XTF8np5t2ube3xIR0jfbzSJiWbsY/k+ToHY=; b=YEXMcezPzrWibpq/L/WCfRFbll7iyqMaP+71L7VQD95IP6J0768IYh5E v2eABcfKUqhrl3MIiEkVyTabNo7SZoRoN4PwIuc4k/DQyx8LI7GZPUWZ3 lHge1D3l8e+2YNUgr140NJ/DGZUPOuwd4vaVvGFqqOmocwl9gASgcVaH6 tdplzIkBkwKVcQNmWvuCSqoJCrrpaXgzIhdDgZUzmb9RIlUKA+Z2DsNLU /2401GLF/B6GzQleRcaLNUYkifA3NeuXNcV8oRmaOOEu0s12FKPguT6GG fPX779L20eC+IoLtp3LQwdLw5w4HEBl5cpOvPM8+2JpY48bArnZVvDy1g g==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: +WPeGwEvR6qKyewkmk8wPg== X-CSE-MsgGUID: PKbYdFhaSv+qPgzyC9xsxQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11677"; a="81659649" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,242,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="81659649" Received: from orviesa009.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.149]) by orvoesa104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Jan 2026 02:23:31 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: rgl4xNtUQLqUWuD6vG3TOw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: pcvavRLZT9yqHognu0MnsA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,242,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="206226548" Received: from ijarvine-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO kekkonen.fi.intel.com) ([10.245.245.69]) by orviesa009-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Jan 2026 02:23:29 -0800 Received: from kekkonen.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by kekkonen.fi.intel.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 69B9C121D78; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:23:31 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:23:31 +0200 Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo From: Sakari Ailus To: dumitru.ceclan@analog.com Cc: Tomi Valkeinen , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Laurent Pinchart , Julien Massot , Rob Herring , Niklas =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F6derlund?= , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, mitrutzceclan@gmail.com, Cosmin Tanislav Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 20/21] media: i2c: remove MAX96717 driver Message-ID: References: <20251208-gmsl2-3_serdes-v8-0-7b8d457e2e04@analog.com> <20251208-gmsl2-3_serdes-v8-20-7b8d457e2e04@analog.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251208-gmsl2-3_serdes-v8-20-7b8d457e2e04@analog.com> Hi Cosmin, Dumitru, On Mon, Dec 08, 2025 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Dumitru Ceclan via B4 Relay wrote: > From: Cosmin Tanislav > > The previous MAX96717 driver has been removed and its functionality has > been moved to a MAX96717 driver which makes use of the Maxim GMSL2/3 > serializer framework. Please use imperative form when describing what the patch does. > > Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tanislav > --- > MAINTAINERS | 1 - > drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig | 16 ---------------- > drivers/media/i2c/Makefile | 1 - This patch doesn't actually remove the driver, same for the next one. It'd be good to have comments (acks hopefully!) from the authors (and users) of the existing drivers on how does the new driver work for them. There's also no need to resend patchsets to get more attention, please just ping instead. -- Kind regards, Sakari Ailus