linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: media: remove unused VIDEO_ATOMISP

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:25:54 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     LABBE Corentin <clabbe@...libre.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: media: remove unused VIDEO_ATOMISP_OV8858 kconfig

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 2:49 PM, LABBE Corentin <clabbe@...libre.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:20:12PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:31:27PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Corentin Labbe <clabbe@...libre.com> wrote:
>> > > Nothing in kernel use VIDEO_ATOMISP_OV8858 since commit 3a81c7660f80 ("media: staging: atomisp: Remove IMX sensor support")
>> > > Lets remove this kconfig option.
>> >
>> > First of all, I hardly understand how that change is related.
>> > Second, did you check Makefile?
>>
>> I don't see it being used in any Makefile, what file do you see it:
>>       $ git grep VIDEO_ATOMISP_OV8858
>>       drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/Kconfig:config VIDEO_ATOMISP_OV8858
>>
>> So it should be removed.
>>
>> thanks,

> I just see that 3a81c7660f80 left ov8858.c so do you agree that I send a v2 which remove also this file ?
> av8858.c is useless without dw9718.c and vcm.c which 3a81c7660f80 removed.

Removal of dead code is pretty fine to me, though the decision is to
Alan and Sakari.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko