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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 9/10/26 12:15, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2026, at 20:38, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> >> ... >>> drivers/hwmon/ds620.c >>> drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c >>> drivers/hwmon/max1111.c >>> drivers/hwmon/max197.c >> >> I missed the rationale for removing those, but then I don't really >> mind either. I guess we'll hear if someone still uses any of those >> drivers/chips. > > None of these have devicetree support, and they are not usable > with any of the remaining board files. > > From what I found: > > - da620 apparently never had any users upstream, though it does > not require platform data and is theoretically usable with > an external dtb > - f75375s was only used on iop32x (long gone) > - max197 was used on x86/elan/ts5500, which is still in the > tree but cannot be enabled anymore because it is a 486 class SoC. > I have sent a separate patch to remove that platform > - max1111 was used on spitz, which is on its way out for 7.4. > As I said, I don't have any issues with removing them. Note though that the ds620 driver (like many other hwmon drivers) does not require devicetree or platform data to work just fine. Thanks, Guenter