Re: [PATCH 0/2] Drop BU27008 and BU27010

[Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>]

On 29/11/2024 16:25, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 09:34:54PM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
>> Drop the support for ROHM BD72008 and BD72010 RGB sensors
>>
>> I accidentally hit a BU27008 data-sheet which had a big red text saying
>> "Obsolete". After a few queries I received a word that the ROHM BU27008
>> and BU27010 RGB sensors were cancelled and never entered mass production.
>> Supporting not existing hardware makes no sense, so it's probably best
>> to drop the drivers and dt-bindings.
>>
>> There is still a RGB sensor from ROHM called BU27006.
>> https://www.rohm.com/products/sensors-mems/color-sensor-ics/bu27006muc-z-product
>> Based on a quick glance this should be very similar to the BU27010. If
>> someone wants to create a driver for this, then the bu27008.c might be
>> worth looking at.
>>
>> As writing of this I don't have the BU27006 at my hands, and when I
>> asked about creating a driver for this IC from the HQ ... I got an
>> impression that at the moment ROHM rather pays me for doing something
>> else. So, currently I have no plan to add support for the BD27006.
>> We can always dig the bu27008.c from the depths of the git, if it later
>> appears such a driver would be a good idea.
> 
> The best series ever from you, Matti, on which I have
> not a tiny disagreement with!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

Thanks for the review. I guess you might've had something to comment 
regarding the recipient list though XD

I don't really know what I did to get the patch names in recipients. Sorry.