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Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:36:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEEI/UjIDd4rvAzJinT+Y7bDiGXW48q9SiC72cNEtEQrIVj8ZISxG0VFVJqaZYcX9IU6jaU9Q== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:10c4:b0:70d:26f3:e5c5 with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-7106cfd1abamr9363050b3a.17.1722778604396; Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:36:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([181.120.144.238]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-7106ecdffefsm3943772b3a.139.2024.08.04.06.36.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:36:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Javier Martinez Canillas To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Linux Input , Linus Walleij Subject: Re: Removal of cyttsp4 driver from mainline Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <2024080301-unlikable-sepia-49cb@gregkh> References: <2024080301-unlikable-sepia-49cb@gregkh> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:36:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87frrk8l5i.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-input@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Greg Kroah-Hartman writes: Hello Dmitry, > 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... > I contributed that driver because was working at the time on upstreaming support for the OMAP3 Nook Color eReader from Barnes & Noble, but never made that much progress on it. And even though I still have that tablet, it has been in a box for more than a decade so unlikely I'll ever do it. > Sound like a good reason to drop it. If anyone needs it back it can be > reverted and fixed up easily then. > Agreed. -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat