From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933738AbeD0PHt convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:07:49 -0400 Received: from gloria.sntech.de ([95.129.55.99]:37004 "EHLO gloria.sntech.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933389AbeD0PHr (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:07:47 -0400 From: Heiko Stuebner To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove unused auo_k190xfb drivers Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:07:41 +0200 Message-ID: <3959140.hnfON7x99k@phil> In-Reply-To: <6386409.PTMV4p8OHo@amdc3058> References: <6386409.PTMV4p8OHo@amdc3058> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Freitag, 27. April 2018, 13:04:24 CEST schrieb Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz: > auo_k1900fb and auo_k1901fb drivers have been introduced six > years ago by following commits: > > commit 2c8304d3125b ("video: auo_k190x: add code shared by controller drivers") > commit 96b1d500e028 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1900 variant") > commit 53027cdf2a67 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1901 variant") > > They never had any in-kernel user so just remove them (since > they are platform drivers they need corresponding platform > devices to be registered by kernel and it has never happened). > > Cc: Heiko Stübner > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz While I still hold the ereaders using these controllers in high regard as my first kernel hacking project, reality is that I don't think I'll ever continue on trying to mainline these and if later someone wants to resurrect these (very old now) devices, they'll probably need a drm- driver anyway. So for the removal Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner Heiko