From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heiko Stuebner Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:07:41 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove unused auo_k190xfb drivers Message-Id: <3959140.hnfON7x99k@phil> List-Id: References: <6386409.PTMV4p8OHo@amdc3058> In-Reply-To: <6386409.PTMV4p8OHo@amdc3058> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Am Freitag, 27. April 2018, 13:04:24 CEST schrieb Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz: > auo_k1900fb and auo_k1901fb drivers have been introduced six > years ago by following commits: >=20 > commit 2c8304d3125b ("video: auo_k190x: add code shared by controller dri= vers") > commit 96b1d500e028 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1900 variant") > commit 53027cdf2a67 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1901 variant") >=20 > They never had any in-kernel user so just remove them (since > they are platform drivers they need corresponding platform > devices to be registered by kernel and it has never happened). >=20 > Cc: Heiko St=FCbner > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz While I still hold the ereaders using these controllers in high regard as my first kernel hacking project, reality is that I don't think I'll ever continue on trying to mainline these and if later someone wants to resurrect these (very old now) devices, they'll probably need a drm- driver anyway. So for the removal Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner Heiko