From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 13:39:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove unused auo_k190xfb drivers Message-Id: <508774774.A4nF8YdQe2@amdc3058> List-Id: References: <6386409.PTMV4p8OHo@amdc3058> <3959140.hnfON7x99k@phil> In-Reply-To: <3959140.hnfON7x99k@phil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Heiko Stuebner Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org On Friday, April 27, 2018 05:07:41 PM Heiko Stuebner wrote: > Am Freitag, 27. April 2018, 13:04:24 CEST schrieb Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewi= cz: > > 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 d= rivers") > > commit 96b1d500e028 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1900 varian= t") > > commit 53027cdf2a67 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1901 varian= t") > >=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 >=20 > 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 >=20 > Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner Thanks, I've queued the patch for v4.18. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics