From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@oss.nxp.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>,
Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>,
Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@gmail.com>,
Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org,
linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:03:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aXI8WuxLOJfiUSGe@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260122-sound-cleanup-v1-1-0a91901609b8@nxp.com>
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 08:44:57PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> Since commit d6df7df7ae5a0 ("ARM: pxa: remove unused board files"), there
> has been no in-tree user of the AK4641 codec driver. The last user
> (HP iPAQ hx4700) was a non-DT PXA board file that instantiated the device
> via I2C board data; that code was removed as part of the PXA board-file
> purge.
>
> The AK4641 driver was introduced ~2011 and still probes only via the I2C
> device-ID table ('.id_table'), without an 'of_match_table', so there are
> no upstream Devicetree users to retain. With no in-tree users left, remove
> the driver.
Yep, and if needed they may resurrect it, clean up and resubmit using proper
(modern) APIs.
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-22 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-22 12:44 [PATCH 0/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641/pxa2xx-ac97 and convert to GPIO descriptors Peng Fan (OSS)
2026-01-22 12:44 ` [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641 Peng Fan (OSS)
2026-01-22 15:03 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2026-01-27 9:41 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-01-22 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] ASoC: codec: Remove pxa2xx-ac97.c Peng Fan (OSS)
2026-01-22 15:00 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-27 9:43 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-01-22 12:44 ` [PATCH 3/4] ASoC: pxa2xx-ac97: Remove platform_data Peng Fan (OSS)
2026-01-22 14:58 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-22 15:01 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-22 12:45 ` [PATCH 4/4] ASoC: ac97: Convert to GPIO descriptors Peng Fan (OSS)
2026-01-22 15:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-28 3:02 ` [PATCH 0/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641/pxa2xx-ac97 and convert " Mark Brown
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