linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] usb: phy: phy-qcom-8x16-usb: Remove redundant extcon register/unregister

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:42:15 +0300
From:   Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, neilb@...e.com, jun.li@....com,
        peter.chen@...escale.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        baolin.wang@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] usb: phy: phy-qcom-8x16-usb: Remove redundant extcon register/unregister


Hi,

Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org> writes:
> Since usb phy core has added common code to register or unregister
> extcon device, then phy-qcom-8x16-usb driver does not need its own
> code to register/unregister extcon device, then remove them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>

so previous patch helped *ONE* single user? Was it really beneficial if
it's all for a single user? Which duplicated code did it remove?

-- 
balbi