From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2C1330CD81; Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.17 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769094243; cv=none; b=bz+cqcbDfnrnEPGEwvj8fs37kc1Uv9WkHPCQ2jHqW4KedGoolUZ+4kQ4HCSSUEtdnypny5uCdUFNMYResEPxSr/wVTdPwvBePv8zfQ1zO+7/fUmmihDR9A4K3AN79ITIZCDVn/xI9iz0n7JTRKbgdF7c0owIVyRHtDwVIHNcdP4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769094243; c=relaxed/simple; bh=28p2vVGccZIm3pnrzlf3VCf9R7Ryv+4T3kD1Z6HKlzI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=OZTFLg2kPG8JEC/k7V2XegsHFqa5FBbKlUN8CvyfpQaOHGj929ijmxZEUYmMHlI3vfJyfJQLX6TmE9lcp8k9mwg86GT+X3qWSM4jtsJylX+y9TgU8tnygxiQ0CchzByHLKhT9AFkLyqFFsdMitsK1+ceSvyHIyxrObMPHE6qjQY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=l3PzFTfa; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.17 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="l3PzFTfa" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1769094241; x=1800630241; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=28p2vVGccZIm3pnrzlf3VCf9R7Ryv+4T3kD1Z6HKlzI=; b=l3PzFTfa9KGGWsayUkBk+8Gp9DSNiAGWSrbCOwyEQUXvfBfVOyS8BkBx EpOENNRzwl4LScOgREGRfCoBHZXqPCauGttOIgRFN8dig8sH1maE9mc6L LCdnaLyiIFlKAOU4cDCBs3IHyPbNteDHoh9eB9PtSYxlF8IvFV7XMsdLd 09RSM5Krszoy2kgjNXQH/ny59TlENMk2lxnlZ01C+B4V09QZbCU8dCKdg I9lopqq18zfEhccB457OM4n67QBBuxPNEH994Lq6z7ojQpUAtQNJHt0yL boBA7ED/ulOjKfUUmCS9V0pRz/+rk/y5VoulEjbMDfb9jSK7gylJRL/wP Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: cNpMi1XeT5alyc0n7Erg/A== X-CSE-MsgGUID: mfkARf0uQhOSJ1I+ImLxsA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11679"; a="70237090" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,246,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="70237090" Received: from fmviesa006.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.146]) by fmvoesa111.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Jan 2026 07:04:00 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: vtsLTx2NQsmzBOtSMuLquw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: nVWxHgAmQvS0eXsrQtQj7Q== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,246,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="206659868" Received: from smoticic-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.245.245.225]) by fmviesa006-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Jan 2026 07:03:57 -0800 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:03:54 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: "Peng Fan (OSS)" Cc: Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , Liam Girdwood , Mark Brown , Linus Walleij , Bartosz Golaszewski , Daniel Mack , Haojian Zhuang , Robert Jarzmik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Peng Fan Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641 Message-ID: References: <20260122-sound-cleanup-v1-0-0a91901609b8@nxp.com> <20260122-sound-cleanup-v1-1-0a91901609b8@nxp.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260122-sound-cleanup-v1-1-0a91901609b8@nxp.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo 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 -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko