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* [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver
@ 2008-07-15 13:31 Yoichi Yuasa
  2008-07-16 13:25 ` Ralf Baechle
  2008-07-17  0:16 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Yoichi Yuasa @ 2008-07-15 13:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: yoichi_yuasa, Ralf Baechle, Linux Kernel Mailing List

Remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver.

Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp>

diff -pruN -X /home/yuasa/Memo/dontdiff linux-orig/drivers/char/Kconfig linux/drivers/char/Kconfig
--- linux-orig/drivers/char/Kconfig	2008-07-15 20:05:40.941593052 +0900
+++ linux/drivers/char/Kconfig	2008-07-15 20:04:49.034635042 +0900
@@ -859,13 +859,6 @@ config DS1302
 
 endif # RTC_LIB
 
-config COBALT_LCD
-	bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
-	depends on MIPS_COBALT
-	help
-	  This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
-	  on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
-
 config DTLK
 	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
 	depends on ISA
diff -pruN -X /home/yuasa/Memo/dontdiff linux-orig/drivers/char/Makefile linux/drivers/char/Makefile
--- linux-orig/drivers/char/Makefile	2008-07-15 20:05:40.949593507 +0900
+++ linux/drivers/char/Makefile	2008-07-15 20:04:49.034635042 +0900
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TOSHIBA)		+= toshiba.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I8K)		+= i8k.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DS1620)		+= ds1620.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM)		+= hw_random/
-obj-$(CONFIG_COBALT_LCD)	+= lcd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPDEV)		+= ppdev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NWBUTTON)		+= nwbutton.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NWFLASH)		+= nwflash.o
diff -pruN -X /home/yuasa/Memo/dontdiff linux-orig/drivers/char/lcd.c linux/drivers/char/lcd.c
--- linux-orig/drivers/char/lcd.c	2008-07-15 20:03:38.413450500 +0900
+++ linux/drivers/char/lcd.c	1970-01-01 09:00:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,516 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * LCD, LED and Button interface for Cobalt
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 by Andrew Bose
- *
- * Linux kernel version history:
- *       March 2001: Ported from 2.0.34  by Liam Davies
- *
- */
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/ioport.h>
-#include <linux/fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
-#include <linux/netdevice.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
-#include <linux/delay.h>
-
-#include <asm/io.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
-
-#include "lcd.h"
-
-static int lcd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
-		     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
-
-static unsigned int lcd_present = 1;
-
-/* used in arch/mips/cobalt/reset.c */
-int led_state = 0;
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_TULIP) && 0
-
-#define MAX_INTERFACES	8
-static linkcheck_func_t linkcheck_callbacks[MAX_INTERFACES];
-static void *linkcheck_cookies[MAX_INTERFACES];
-
-int lcd_register_linkcheck_func(int iface_num, void *func, void *cookie)
-{
-	if (iface_num < 0 ||
-	    iface_num >= MAX_INTERFACES ||
-	    linkcheck_callbacks[iface_num] != NULL)
-		return -1;
-	linkcheck_callbacks[iface_num] = (linkcheck_func_t) func;
-	linkcheck_cookies[iface_num] = cookie;
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int lcd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
-		     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	struct lcd_display button_display;
-	unsigned long address, a;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case LCD_On:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x0F);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Off:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x08);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Reset:
-		udelay(150);
-		LCDWriteInst(0x3F);
-		udelay(150);
-		LCDWriteInst(0x3F);
-		udelay(150);
-		LCDWriteInst(0x3F);
-		udelay(150);
-		LCDWriteInst(0x3F);
-		udelay(150);
-		LCDWriteInst(0x01);
-		udelay(150);
-		LCDWriteInst(0x06);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Clear:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x01);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Cursor_Left:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x10);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Cursor_Right:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x14);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Cursor_Off:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x0C);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Cursor_On:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x0F);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Blink_Off:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x0E);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Get_Cursor_Pos:{
-			struct lcd_display display;
-
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			display.cursor_address = (LCDReadInst);
-			display.cursor_address =
-			    (display.cursor_address & 0x07F);
-			if (copy_to_user
-			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &display,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-
-	case LCD_Set_Cursor_Pos:{
-			struct lcd_display display;
-
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			a = (display.cursor_address | kLCD_Addr);
-
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			LCDWriteInst(a);
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-	case LCD_Get_Cursor:{
-			struct lcd_display display;
-
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			display.character = LCDReadData;
-
-			if (copy_to_user
-			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &display,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			LCDWriteInst(0x10);
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-	case LCD_Set_Cursor:{
-			struct lcd_display display;
-
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			LCDWriteData(display.character);
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			LCDWriteInst(0x10);
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-
-	case LCD_Disp_Left:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x18);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Disp_Right:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x1C);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Home:
-		udelay(150);
-		BusyCheck();
-		LCDWriteInst(0x02);
-		break;
-
-	case LCD_Write:{
-			struct lcd_display display;
-			unsigned int index;
-
-
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			LCDWriteInst(0x80);
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-
-			for (index = 0; index < (display.size1); index++) {
-				udelay(150);
-				BusyCheck();
-				LCDWriteData(display.line1[index]);
-				BusyCheck();
-			}
-
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			LCDWriteInst(0xC0);
-			udelay(150);
-			BusyCheck();
-			for (index = 0; index < (display.size2); index++) {
-				udelay(150);
-				BusyCheck();
-				LCDWriteData(display.line2[index]);
-			}
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-	case LCD_Read:{
-			struct lcd_display display;
-
-			BusyCheck();
-			for (address = kDD_R00; address <= kDD_R01;
-			     address++) {
-				a = (address | kLCD_Addr);
-
-				udelay(150);
-				BusyCheck();
-				LCDWriteInst(a);
-				udelay(150);
-				BusyCheck();
-				display.line1[address] = LCDReadData;
-			}
-
-			display.line1[0x27] = '\0';
-
-			for (address = kDD_R10; address <= kDD_R11;
-			     address++) {
-				a = (address | kLCD_Addr);
-
-				udelay(150);
-				BusyCheck();
-				LCDWriteInst(a);
-
-				udelay(150);
-				BusyCheck();
-				display.line2[address - 0x40] =
-				    LCDReadData;
-			}
-
-			display.line2[0x27] = '\0';
-
-			if (copy_to_user
-			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &display,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
-
-//  set all GPIO leds to led_display.leds
-
-	case LED_Set:{
-			struct lcd_display led_display;
-
-
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&led_display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			led_state = led_display.leds;
-			LEDSet(led_state);
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-
-//  set only bit led_display.leds
-
-	case LED_Bit_Set:{
-			unsigned int i;
-			int bit = 1;
-			struct lcd_display led_display;
-
-
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&led_display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			for (i = 0; i < (int) led_display.leds; i++) {
-				bit = 2 * bit;
-			}
-
-			led_state = led_state | bit;
-			LEDSet(led_state);
-			break;
-		}
-
-//  clear only bit led_display.leds
-
-	case LED_Bit_Clear:{
-			unsigned int i;
-			int bit = 1;
-			struct lcd_display led_display;
-
-
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&led_display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-
-			for (i = 0; i < (int) led_display.leds; i++) {
-				bit = 2 * bit;
-			}
-
-			led_state = led_state & ~bit;
-			LEDSet(led_state);
-			break;
-		}
-
-
-	case BUTTON_Read:{
-			button_display.buttons = GPIRead;
-			if (copy_to_user
-			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &button_display,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
-
-	case LINK_Check:{
-			button_display.buttons =
-			    *((volatile unsigned long *) (0xB0100060));
-			if (copy_to_user
-			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &button_display,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
-
-	case LINK_Check_2:{
-			int iface_num;
-
-			/* panel-utils should pass in the desired interface status is wanted for
-			 * in "buttons" of the structure.  We will set this to non-zero if the
-			 * link is in fact up for the requested interface.  --DaveM
-			 */
-			if (copy_from_user
-			    (&button_display, (struct lcd_display *) arg,
-			     sizeof(button_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			iface_num = button_display.buttons;
-#if defined(CONFIG_TULIP) && 0
-			if (iface_num >= 0 &&
-			    iface_num < MAX_INTERFACES &&
-			    linkcheck_callbacks[iface_num] != NULL) {
-				button_display.buttons =
-				    linkcheck_callbacks[iface_num]
-				    (linkcheck_cookies[iface_num]);
-			} else
-#endif
-				button_display.buttons = 0;
-
-			if (__copy_to_user
-			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &button_display,
-			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
-
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-}
-
-static int lcd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
-
-	if (!lcd_present)
-		return -ENXIO;
-	else
-		return 0;
-}
-
-/* Only RESET or NEXT counts as button pressed */
-
-static inline int button_pressed(void)
-{
-	unsigned long buttons = GPIRead;
-
-	if ((buttons == BUTTON_Next) || (buttons == BUTTON_Next_B)
-	    || (buttons == BUTTON_Reset_B))
-		return buttons;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* LED daemon sits on this and we wake him up once a key is pressed. */
-
-static int lcd_waiters = 0;
-
-static ssize_t lcd_read(struct file *file, char *buf,
-		     size_t count, loff_t *ofs)
-{
-	long buttons_now;
-
-	if (lcd_waiters > 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	lcd_waiters++;
-	while (((buttons_now = (long) button_pressed()) == 0) &&
-	       !(signal_pending(current))) {
-		msleep_interruptible(2000);
-	}
-	lcd_waiters--;
-
-	if (signal_pending(current))
-		return -ERESTARTSYS;
-	return buttons_now;
-}
-
-/*
- *	The various file operations we support.
- */
-
-static const struct file_operations lcd_fops = {
-	.read = lcd_read,
-	.ioctl = lcd_ioctl,
-	.open = lcd_open,
-};
-
-static struct miscdevice lcd_dev = {
-	MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
-	"lcd",
-	&lcd_fops
-};
-
-static int lcd_init(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-	unsigned long data;
-
-	pr_info("%s\n", LCD_DRIVER);
-	ret = misc_register(&lcd_dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING LCD "Unable to register misc device.\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	/* Check region? Naaah! Just snarf it up. */
-/*	request_region(RTC_PORT(0), RTC_IO_EXTENT, "lcd");*/
-
-	udelay(150);
-	data = LCDReadData;
-	if ((data & 0x000000FF) == (0x00)) {
-		lcd_present = 0;
-		pr_info(LCD "LCD Not Present\n");
-	} else {
-		lcd_present = 1;
-		WRITE_GAL(kGal_DevBank2PReg, kGal_DevBank2Cfg);
-		WRITE_GAL(kGal_DevBank3PReg, kGal_DevBank3Cfg);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit lcd_exit(void)
-{
-	misc_deregister(&lcd_dev);
-}
-
-module_init(lcd_init);
-module_exit(lcd_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Bose");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff -pruN -X /home/yuasa/Memo/dontdiff linux-orig/drivers/char/lcd.h linux/drivers/char/lcd.h
--- linux-orig/drivers/char/lcd.h	2008-07-15 20:03:38.413450500 +0900
+++ linux/drivers/char/lcd.h	1970-01-01 09:00:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * LED, LCD and Button panel driver for Cobalt
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 by Andrew Bose
- *
- * Linux kernel version history:
- *       March 2001: Ported from 2.0.34  by Liam Davies
- *
- */
-
-// function headers
-
-#define LCD_CHARS_PER_LINE 40
-#define MAX_IDLE_TIME 120
-
-struct lcd_display {
-        unsigned buttons;
-        int size1;
-        int size2;
-        unsigned char line1[LCD_CHARS_PER_LINE];
-        unsigned char line2[LCD_CHARS_PER_LINE];
-        unsigned char cursor_address;
-        unsigned char character;
-        unsigned char leds;
-        unsigned char *RomImage;
-};
-
-
-
-#define LCD_DRIVER	"Cobalt LCD Driver v2.10"
-
-#define LCD		"lcd: "
-
-#define kLCD_IR		0x0F000000
-#define kLCD_DR		0x0F000010
-#define kGPI		0x0D000000
-#define kLED		0x0C000000
-
-#define kDD_R00         0x00
-#define kDD_R01         0x27
-#define kDD_R10         0x40
-#define kDD_R11         0x67
-
-#define kLCD_Addr       0x00000080
-
-#define LCDTimeoutValue	0xfff
-
-
-// Macros
-
-#define LCDWriteData(x)	outl((x << 24), kLCD_DR)
-#define LCDWriteInst(x)	outl((x << 24), kLCD_IR)
-
-#define LCDReadData	(inl(kLCD_DR) >> 24)
-#define LCDReadInst	(inl(kLCD_IR) >> 24)
-
-#define GPIRead		(inl(kGPI) >> 24)
-
-#define LEDSet(x)	outb((char)x, kLED)
-
-#define WRITE_GAL(x,y)	outl(y, 0x04000000 | (x))
-#define BusyCheck()	while ((LCDReadInst & 0x80) == 0x80)
-
-
-
-/*
- * Function command codes for io_ctl.
- */
-#define LCD_On			1
-#define LCD_Off			2
-#define LCD_Clear		3
-#define LCD_Reset		4
-#define LCD_Cursor_Left		5
-#define LCD_Cursor_Right	6
-#define LCD_Disp_Left		7
-#define LCD_Disp_Right		8
-#define LCD_Get_Cursor		9
-#define LCD_Set_Cursor		10
-#define LCD_Home		11
-#define LCD_Read		12
-#define LCD_Write		13
-#define LCD_Cursor_Off		14
-#define LCD_Cursor_On		15
-#define LCD_Get_Cursor_Pos	16
-#define LCD_Set_Cursor_Pos	17
-#define LCD_Blink_Off           18
-
-#define LED_Set			40
-#define LED_Bit_Set		41
-#define LED_Bit_Clear		42
-
-
-//  Button defs
-#define BUTTON_Read             50
-
-
-// Ethernet LINK check hackaroo
-#define LINK_Check              90
-#define LINK_Check_2		91
-
-//  Button patterns  _B - single layer lcd boards
-
-#define BUTTON_NONE               0x3F
-#define BUTTON_NONE_B             0xFE
-
-#define BUTTON_Left               0x3B
-#define BUTTON_Left_B             0xFA
-
-#define BUTTON_Right              0x37
-#define BUTTON_Right_B            0xDE
-
-#define BUTTON_Up                 0x2F
-#define BUTTON_Up_B               0xF6
-
-#define BUTTON_Down               0x1F
-#define BUTTON_Down_B             0xEE
-
-#define BUTTON_Next               0x3D
-#define BUTTON_Next_B             0x7E
-
-#define BUTTON_Enter              0x3E
-#define BUTTON_Enter_B            0xBE
-
-#define BUTTON_Reset_B            0xFC
-
-
-// debounce constants
-
-#define BUTTON_SENSE            160000
-#define BUTTON_DEBOUNCE		5000
-
-
-//  Galileo register stuff
-
-#define kGal_DevBank2Cfg        0x1466DB33
-#define kGal_DevBank2PReg       0x464
-#define kGal_DevBank3Cfg        0x146FDFFB
-#define kGal_DevBank3PReg       0x468
-
-// Network
-
-#define kIPADDR			1
-#define kNETMASK		2
-#define kGATEWAY		3
-#define kDNS			4
-
-#define kClassA			5
-#define kClassB			6
-#define kClassC			7
-

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* Re: [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver
  2008-07-15 13:31 [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver Yoichi Yuasa
@ 2008-07-16 13:25 ` Ralf Baechle
  2008-07-17  0:16 ` Andrew Morton
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Baechle @ 2008-07-16 13:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Yoichi Yuasa; +Cc: Andrew Morton, Linux Kernel Mailing List

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:31:32PM +0900, Yoichi Yuasa wrote:

> Remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp>

Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

  Ralf

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* Re: [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver
  2008-07-15 13:31 [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver Yoichi Yuasa
  2008-07-16 13:25 ` Ralf Baechle
@ 2008-07-17  0:16 ` Andrew Morton
  2008-07-17  0:18   ` Andrew Morton
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2008-07-17  0:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Yoichi Yuasa; +Cc: yoichi_yuasa, ralf, linux-kernel

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:31:32 +0900
Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> wrote:

> Remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp>

Why do we remove it, rather than unbreaking it?

Did some other driver replace it?  Does nobody need the driver any
more?

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* Re: [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver
  2008-07-17  0:16 ` Andrew Morton
@ 2008-07-17  0:18   ` Andrew Morton
  2008-07-17  1:31     ` Yoichi Yuasa
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2008-07-17  0:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: yoichi_yuasa, ralf, linux-kernel

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:16:40 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:31:32 +0900
> Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> wrote:
> 
> > Remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp>
> 
> Why do we remove it, rather than unbreaking it?
> 
> Did some other driver replace it?  Does nobody need the driver any
> more?

doh.  That's what I get for processing patches in reverse-time-order.

So there's no point in retaining both the old driver and the new one
for some period of time?


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* Re: [PATCH] remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver
  2008-07-17  0:18   ` Andrew Morton
@ 2008-07-17  1:31     ` Yoichi Yuasa
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Yoichi Yuasa @ 2008-07-17  1:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: yoichi_yuasa, ralf, linux-kernel

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:18 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:16:40 -0700
> Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:31:32 +0900
> > Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> wrote:
> > 
> > > Remove old broken Cobalt LCD driver.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp>
> > 
> > Why do we remove it, rather than unbreaking it?
> > 
> > Did some other driver replace it?  Does nobody need the driver any
> > more?
> 
> doh.  That's what I get for processing patches in reverse-time-order.
> 
> So there's no point in retaining both the old driver and the new one
> for some period of time?

The old driver was not maintained for a long time and
did not work(also it was not used).

It was there for someone might fix it.

But all function(LED, MTD, Framebuffer) replced by new drivers.
It's time to go.

Yoichi

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