From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753820AbeENNjx (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2018 09:39:53 -0400 Received: from mailout1.w1.samsung.com ([210.118.77.11]:57549 "EHLO mailout1.w1.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753659AbeENNju (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2018 09:39:50 -0400 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mailout1.w1.samsung.com 20180514133948euoutp016a02a977fa0ff414bc5632dbe96cc4e5~uhntoY6l91558215582euoutp01W X-AuditID: cbfec7f4-713ff700000043e4-95-5af991a231b9 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: Heiko Stuebner 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: Mon, 14 May 2018 15:39:44 +0200 Message-id: <508774774.A4nF8YdQe2@amdc3058> User-Agent: KMail/4.13.3 (Linux/3.13.0-96-generic; KDE/4.13.3; x86_64; ; ) In-reply-to: <3959140.hnfON7x99k@phil> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrCIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsWy7djP87qLJv6MMrjRJm1x5et7Nov/j16z Wpzo+8BqcXnXHDYHFo/73ceZPLZfm8fs8XmTXABzFJdNSmpOZllqkb5dAlfG9W0/2QreclXs +nqJsYHxOUcXIyeHhICJxPIVv1m6GLk4hARWMEp8W3iYFSQhJPCZUeL8mQKYogmTl7FBFC1j lHi/p5ERwvnNKLH64Ak2kCo2ASuJie2rGEFsEQEVibefOthBbGaBBIkvNz8zg9jCAi4S536t B4uzCKhKtPzdDxbnFdCWmHFvEhOILSrgJbFlXzuYzSmgJrF8Sx8jRI2gxI/J91ggZmpLPHl3 gRXC1pO40nAC7AUJgSlsEhcaG9ggznaRuDB7KTuELSzx6vgWKFtGorPjIBNEQzPQzzv2MEMk JjBK7FkvBGFbSxw+fhFqA5/EpG3TgWo4gOK8Eh1tUCUeEvN+vIdqdZRY33uZGRIq0xklru06 zDKBUXYWksNnITl8FpLDFzAyr2IUTy0tzk1PLTbKSy3XK07MLS7NS9dLzs/dxAiM+9P/jn/Z wbjrT9IhRgEORiUe3hUrf0QJsSaWFVfmHmKU4GBWEuHdbfQzSog3JbGyKrUoP76oNCe1+BCj NAeLkjhvnEZdlJBAemJJanZqakFqEUyWiYNTqoGx7D8rN4/f4/N7a/VmvpyrH2zUPbudaf5/ XoWlDbwBFsy3mMJ3H+YpNWha9SFY+M1GseL/c+z2iKXPP3J18uNJqs0LPok0Bbfaxqy+/e7H +y3prAV3ZArZDMvuq0e+eTAtXlrj+R495uPHP069ftFwyZPF3hmvFWtlXoiuUBA9VdPo0+0+ +6iOEktxRqKhFnNRcSIAT/cRp/cCAAA= X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrOLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVy+t/xa7oLJ/6MMpg6Xdfiytf3bBb/H71m tTjR94HV4vKuOWwOLB73u48zeWy/No/Z4/MmuQDmKC6blNSczLLUIn27BK6M69t+shW85arY 9fUSYwPjc44uRk4OCQETiQmTl7F1MXJxCAksYZT4deEZlPOXUeL4702sIFVsAlYSE9tXMYLY IgIqEm8/dbCD2MwCCRKb7k9lA7GFBVwkzv1aDxZnEVCVaPm7nxnE5hXQlphxbxITiC0q4CWx ZV87mM0poCaxfEsfI8SymYwSG84/YYRoEJT4MfkeC8QCbYkn7y6wQtg6Er3fvzFPYOSfhaRs FpKyWUjKFjAyr2IUSS0tzk3PLTbUK07MLS7NS9dLzs/dxAgMzm3Hfm7ewXhpY/AhRgEORiUe 3hUrf0QJsSaWFVfmHmKU4GBWEuHdbfQzSog3JbGyKrUoP76oNCe1+BCjNAeLkjjveYPKKCGB 9MSS1OzU1ILUIpgsEwenVANjpMnWGhcJ9r0Ll/kw/yudkhG/46Muy26uqr9q2dMu/1e1aWDk WFnFME/ux9mizCN3vOTktk9MnRXynudx0qdUBoMJvksEmaK0+idO99M6/+llU4bU48WKMhb7 TwQKuAqsW3pu1qcb798rWB9LqY56eVM5ba9l/N3529gfFk2e+CH2WMm+bOYeJZbijERDLeai 4kQAa2SFOEoCAAA= X-CMS-MailID: 20180514133945eucas1p22f2300decf24e259a29f5de423d93536 X-Msg-Generator: CA CMS-TYPE: 201P X-CMS-RootMailID: 20180427110425eucas1p12aca3b573a6c3fc4b51da9d5d34b3cec X-RootMTR: 20180427110425eucas1p12aca3b573a6c3fc4b51da9d5d34b3cec References: <6386409.PTMV4p8OHo@amdc3058> <3959140.hnfON7x99k@phil> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by mail.home.local id w4EDe0Jv028915 On Friday, April 27, 2018 05:07:41 PM Heiko Stuebner wrote: > 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 Thanks, I've queued the patch for v4.18. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics