From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Alex Guo <alexguo1023@gmail.com>,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: acornfb: remove unused code for 26-bit hardware
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:12:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0affbc9f-91a0-4828-aa81-308365094ae6@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915052038.626258-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
On 9/15/26 07:20, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> The acornfb driver contains code to support machines with a MEMC chip
> and without IOMD and VIDC20 chips. All 32-bit Acorn hardware has IOMD
> and VIDC20 chips and does not have a MEMC chip.
>
> Linux formerly supported 26-bit Acorn computers, but that support was
> removed in commit 99eb8a550dbc ("Remove the arm26 port") because it had
> bitrotted to the extent that it did not even compile.
>
> Remove this unused code. Also take the opportunity to remove incorrect
> file paths in the file headers, which are bad style regardless.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/acornfb.c | 57 +++++++++--------------------------
> drivers/video/fbdev/acornfb.h | 8 +----
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
applied.
Thanks!
Helge
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