From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Input <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: Removal of cyttsp4 driver from mainline Linux kernel
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 08:33:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024080301-unlikable-sepia-49cb@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zq3JxhVMPoZsviDT@google.com>
On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 11:10:14PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 11:08:51PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > cyttsp4 touchscreen driver was contributed by Cypress in 2013 and since
> > then has seen no updates. The driver uses platform data (no device tree
> > support) and there are no users of it in the mainline kernel. There were
> > occasional fixes to it for issues either found by static ocde analysis
> > tools or visual inspection, but otherwise the driver is completely
> > untested.
> >
> > Should it be removed?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> And of course vendor email is bouncing...
Sound like a good reason to drop it. If anyone needs it back it can be
reverted and fixed up easily then.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-03 6:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-03 6:08 Removal of cyttsp4 driver from mainline Linux kernel Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-03 6:10 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2024-08-03 6:33 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2024-08-04 13:36 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
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