From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13F5AC433DB for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6D522065E for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:24:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2390894AbhARMYG (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:24:06 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47642 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2391463AbhARMXn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:23:43 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7C7DB2065E; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:22:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1610972577; bh=fF4wtqQGQ2Oe/6iqTOjeEP/+CSVc/k3JPe+jPgdiYZQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Ar035qCvQMyBju8zFR/+3aDLKPcaM9RA81lnEyPn5cg+h8+B9y+e2CuyCXTVtb1ns DGHqqy9wxa5u0IaGXJgYQA1CqGY+dckYCBLrhyfTZsibxJxxPt70Z1/FDNSBwIvB5X Hs2k49nngppxx+nRrqSoKzgZqAAWH6I8VqWXdd5ZH6rtmdO8PUr3DtuQbqd1gErBpw X1SwKc+plhlWKbURMEyRgIlss4Tc3WD8JH1x+I5QMZfjRAy4b7b+1av2Xa9jzKOVen 3oTZt0fVVQpDMbDrm7tNcRsYFqVxFm5J44h1Hsn6A1AMtMp2RLP8WUHZKGJUgppXXo 8eh2fAaySYNiQ== From: Felipe Balbi To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Al Cooper , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Patrik Jakobsson Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: bdc: Remove the BDC PCI driver In-Reply-To: References: <20210115213142.35003-1-alcooperx@gmail.com> <878s8qwkgz.fsf@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:22:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87wnwav3hi.fsf@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Greg Kroah-Hartman writes: >> Al Cooper writes: >> > The BDC PCI driver was only used for design verification with >> > an PCI/FPGA board. The board no longer exists and is not in use >> > anywhere. All instances of this core now exist as a memory mapped >> > device on the platform bus. >> > >> > NOTE: This only removes the PCI driver and does not remove the >> > platform driver. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Al Cooper >>=20 >> It sounds like it could be used for pre-silicon verification of newer >> Core Releases, much like Synopsys still uses the HAPS (with mainline >> linux, mind you) for silicon validation. >>=20 >> Why would we delete this small shim if it *could* still be useful? > > It ends up conflicting with the PCI id of a device that is actually in > the wild (a camera on Apple laptops). So it's good to drop this driver > so the wrong driver doesn't get constantly bound to the wrong device. I see. Oh well... =2D-=20 balbi --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJFBAEBCAAvFiEElLzh7wn96CXwjh2IzL64meEamQYFAmAFfZkRHGJhbGJpQGtl cm5lbC5vcmcACgkQzL64meEamQavQBAA1MhmHql36rIsV2AInQNInIzr80zE6/75 uXso+pSgN7F5FnIhy+OGsCMim/pvrmsEYTyflB3eP8bMlclD2he7QBOEBJkRPQJ4 J22LWXPoyiP1OIuxzfenec1BJMFnA88gf6NQkE7NU4HIbZkVjz8vH1l2s+Qrhou4 CNPx4oDEc56nlAxHdWZhMjAhsiRPbf1ro4ocOeM0HoCP3jkk7xsOvAV+2iRbfbAF tliO2Pp0ygjTZg4Q0iF7G77NhpTKYd2jlwYYOQAS6K5WaFj+GLVoimlalBePx877 3jfAlRUQj0QYDpbLXkohgRNcwyIUu2BUmhj2HUc4ULZIGpLLl9yy8LqowPo3BkLJ uFDhlTJ/Gn6VlUpY4svIxDZhYgQ2lm3FIFT0k5s7V/NwegCE+hoKlmBEuv1mHTYI Jh34G88ycIjO9MrFCNw7JDLB8SY4ajhI43/G5NMpDyoJF7z1wdftHs5NlBaHupd+ qaO/uDCSxxMb7eqZqgJws7YwGbjHBhyETezJjZMX8Xf7Ps6UJq++nNd+L/DAJ1iU TaZnKx64ydb2BEQVOe1wiaBO+LU8CamWWaobRPSfym3rCoZoHr+1GknPceJdZXn4 DKkkX+PhO+zUDAe8NKnOp4Kf5ZQncny55QDj5nS8rzoczGlQNpovV1qYuiLLuql7 kHEOzNv2+yk= =4Bh8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--