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 autolearn=unavailable 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 0B809C433E0 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:32:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB71222B3 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388870AbhARLcZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:32:25 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:59624 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389854AbhARLbZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:31:25 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BB88222B3; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:30:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1610969443; bh=2yx1PP+7HxG9WpaJkcp3+1HSxgjL2NX9Ks3Bb0BI1+4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=NzAy9GUmq4aReGw1IZH+mx+7wLolRtIrFWWhn6v6R1Kxi52Y6oPfgtO+sIarphpUC JkekuNnaovRdon0OJghyYDoEFaHB0ardXxnRUgZWks2JyTyBrukdsVYFR6r6FCU6To fd4oN3bodQpfEvVwbZ6W2hlnzFCEqcep3EQ0yPS25ih8aMec8VtEVuT6ysg53OAbzN ZzPx3EXez+/1oN2CGQM3l8fFHpKjqS6B1QJq9SdaaPOTBS9t/qiEEtaxNPk0U8wCs5 hjJAXrNefMoTC1XTsfqnn9Ok3jttfein3/TAfA1257BFXGfHQ/R/3RNj0tJq8Is0bg Mu4vFmE2XE7Aw== From: Felipe Balbi To: Al Cooper , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Al Cooper , bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Patrik Jakobsson Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: bdc: Remove the BDC PCI driver In-Reply-To: <20210115213142.35003-1-alcooperx@gmail.com> References: <20210115213142.35003-1-alcooperx@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:30:36 +0200 Message-ID: <878s8qwkgz.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-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, 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 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. Why would we delete this small shim if it *could* still be useful? =2D-=20 balbi --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJFBAEBCAAvFiEElLzh7wn96CXwjh2IzL64meEamQYFAmAFcVwRHGJhbGJpQGtl cm5lbC5vcmcACgkQzL64meEamQYV+xAAiQ5QnMQbi729VmLzXO75TZc0gYNdyt42 QfFnmmIYvILx8pXmGLx3CvMqwUmr+MziroTgD4/EI29ouh7XS0+xQTLomqEWCqZm UJ8gKIFFlDbcsFeRdHl4ezTM4AeDLlnaCvl4Uhiv7/KOl8cNzxx8JN+v+YSQ1A3V ClTPFDbf2hlZ5WcV4/V3EM9/UQInJYKCDcq4mUbtJo6+1Dy2Av70Vol6mAcOY6jH LptSn+fCK4e5wyY1l15GGun7KjFcw3tdEqBKtgpMY2xzLuabzbVzufzRaBubm0qA UtJ/tz8bFbx6ptu8cw0pqv56+62j06uK+57tlsZ33kcvikxKIzsnnm0qMIkpC462 Yx5OBJBhi4GsD1G6Pe48SVKx16PsE+pNtKOTI5x3D3E0NARzWvsHroQ7Xh6BHcqd nFZQYXsEEPaCZXbWB/m+P6h145kUEgqNEGc7Vd1N//PoI6U863XQi+u+J8H8hdsy oTrIiclXGkGg+FsshNVcjSAQ7bGA3E9vPvPyKX7iJXkI9jr2Z1kJjmfP28YI7xMU SPXyJpUxakAQqT0SMxxzEe3sva1jSiVvY6zzaGLN9mxJHjb2gSe5vNBZTkNGJ7zJ Kg6UL06lhaw9JGTRBPRgKpWzGSC0lq+YX5KMf1jALon9XTY5Eq0iPPVIys7Ltp0q iRxKwlKUNws= =TWmC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--