Re: [PATCH v4] staging: media: Remove deprecated Atmel ISC drivers

[Eugen Hristev <ehristev@kernel.org>]

On 5/27/26 11:33, Ashwin Gundarapu wrote:
> The Atmel ISC and XISC drivers were deprecated and scheduled
> for removal by the beginning of 2026. The replacement drivers
> (VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC and VIDEO_MICROCHIP_XISC) are available
> in the main media subsystem.
> 
> Remove the Kconfig entries, Makefile rules, MAINTAINERS entries,
> and the STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED menuconfig since it is no longer
> needed. The source files remain on disk but are no longer compiled
> since the build infrastructure is removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashwin Gundarapu <linuxuser509@zohomail.in>
> ---

This is very strange . It comes *right after* I already sent a patch for
this.
Also, your patch is incomplete. "Source files remain on disk" ??


> v3: Updated MAINTAINERS to remove staging/atmel references.
> v2: Removed Kconfig and Makefile to fix Media CI build issues.
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  2 -
>  drivers/staging/media/Kconfig                 | 18 +------
>  drivers/staging/media/Makefile                |  1 -
>  .../staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig    | 47 -------------------
>  .../staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile   |  8 ----
>  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 75 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 27a073f53cea..4290eae8838e 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17364,8 +17364,6 @@ F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/atmel,isc.yaml
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/microchip,xisc.yaml
>  F:	drivers/media/platform/microchip/microchip-isc*
>  F:	drivers/media/platform/microchip/microchip-sama*-isc*
> -F:	drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/atmel-isc*
> -F:	drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/atmel-sama*-isc*
>  F:	include/linux/atmel-isc-media.h
> 
>  MICROCHIP ISI DRIVER
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
> index 1aa31bddf970..52b4aab944f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
> @@ -38,20 +38,4 @@ source "drivers/staging/media/sunxi/Kconfig"
> 
>  source "drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/Kconfig"
> 
> -menuconfig STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED
> -	bool "Media staging drivers (DEPRECATED)"
> -	default n
> -	help
> -	  This option enables deprecated media drivers that are
> -	  scheduled for future removal from the kernel.
> -
> -	  If you wish to work on these drivers to prevent their removal,
> -	  then contact the linux-media@vger.kernel.org mailing list.
> -
> -	  If in doubt, say N here.
> -
> -if STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED
> -source "drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig"
> -endif
> -
> -endif
> +endif # STAGING_MEDIA
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/Makefile b/drivers/staging/media/Makefile
> index 6f78b0edde1e..6fd7179733d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE)	+= deprecated/atmel/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_ATOMISP)     += atomisp/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_IMX_MEDIA)	+= imx/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_MAX96712)	+= max96712/
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 418841ea5a0d..000000000000
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
> -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -
> -comment "Atmel media platform drivers"
> -
> -config VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC
> -	tristate "ATMEL Image Sensor Controller (ISC) support (DEPRECATED)"
> -	depends on V4L_PLATFORM_DRIVERS
> -	depends on VIDEO_DEV && COMMON_CLK
> -	depends on ARCH_AT91 || COMPILE_TEST
> -	depends on !VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC_BASE || COMPILE_TEST
> -	select MEDIA_CONTROLLER
> -	select VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
> -	select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG
> -	select REGMAP_MMIO
> -	select V4L2_FWNODE
> -	select VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE
> -	help
> -	   This module makes the ATMEL Image Sensor Controller available
> -	   as a v4l2 device.
> -
> -	   This driver is deprecated and is scheduled for removal by
> -	   the beginning of 2026. See the TODO file for more information.
> -
> -config VIDEO_ATMEL_XISC
> -	tristate "ATMEL eXtended Image Sensor Controller (XISC) support (DEPRECATED)"
> -	depends on V4L_PLATFORM_DRIVERS
> -	depends on VIDEO_DEV && COMMON_CLK
> -	depends on ARCH_AT91 || COMPILE_TEST
> -	depends on !VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC_BASE || COMPILE_TEST
> -	select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG
> -	select REGMAP_MMIO
> -	select V4L2_FWNODE
> -	select VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE
> -	select MEDIA_CONTROLLER
> -	select VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
> -	help
> -	   This module makes the ATMEL eXtended Image Sensor Controller
> -	   available as a v4l2 device.
> -
> -	   This driver is deprecated and is scheduled for removal by
> -	   the beginning of 2026. See the TODO file for more information.
> -
> -config VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE
> -	tristate
> -	default n
> -	help
> -	  ATMEL ISC and XISC common code base.
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile b/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 34eaeeac5bba..000000000000
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
> -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -atmel-isc-objs = atmel-sama5d2-isc.o
> -atmel-xisc-objs = atmel-sama7g5-isc.o
> -atmel-isc-common-objs = atmel-isc-base.o atmel-isc-clk.o
> -
> -obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE) += atmel-isc-common.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC) += atmel-isc.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_XISC) += atmel-xisc.o
> --
> 2.43.0
> 
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