From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
To: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: pci: remove
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 14:09:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ahmB3YdrR8asjKKu@alpha.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260528035943.719613-1-rosenp@gmail.com>
On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 08:59:43PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> Commit 85b9686dae30 ("MIPS: ath79: drop platform device registration code")
this commit doesn't do anything with pci at all. Do you mean
commit 73d8e6aa7d20 ("MIPS: ath79: drop legacy pci code") ?
> removed the ability for anything to bind to these drivers and use them.
> Meaning as is, these drivers cannot be used.
>
> Downstream OpenWrt has hack patches that add the missing OF stuff but
> those are not suitable for upstream.
>
> The current plan is to rewrite these drivers using newer APIs and have
> them live under drivers/pci/controller. But as for these, axe them.
wouldn't it make more sense to revert the commit above and remove it
after the change to a new pci implementation is really done ?
Thomas.
--
Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a
good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-28 3:59 [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: pci: remove Rosen Penev
2026-05-29 12:09 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer [this message]
2026-05-30 1:11 ` Rosen Penev
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