linux-kernel - [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove broken video drivers (v2)

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Date:	Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:41:05 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Michael Schmitz <schmitz@...l.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>
Cc:	adaplas@....net, James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, sammy@...my.net, sun3-list@...hat.com
Subject: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove broken video drivers (v2)

On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 11:34:41AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> > This patch removes video drivers that:
> > - had already been marked as BROKEN in 2.6.0 three years ago and
> > - are still marked as BROKEN.
> >
> > These are the following drivers:
> > - FB_CYBER
> > - FB_VIRGE
> > - FB_RETINAZ3
> > - FB_ATARI
> 
> FB_ATARI has just been revived. Geert has a preliminary patch; I'll send
> the final one soonish.

Updated patch attached.
 
> 	Michael

cu
Adrian


<--  snip  -->


This patch removes video drivers that:
- had already been marked as BROKEN in 2.6.0 three years ago and
- are still marked as BROKEN.

These are the following drivers:
- FB_CYBER
- FB_VIRGE
- FB_RETINAZ3
- FB_SUN3
- FB_PM3

Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be
unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.

But if anyone wants to ever revive any of these drivers, the code is
still present in the older kernel releases.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

---

Due to it's size, the patch is attached compressed.

 drivers/video/Kconfig   |   55 
 drivers/video/Makefile  |    5 
 drivers/video/cyberfb.c | 2297 -------------------------
 drivers/video/cyberfb.h |  415 ----
 drivers/video/pm3fb.c   | 3641 ----------------------------------------
 drivers/video/retz3fb.c | 1588 -----------------
 drivers/video/retz3fb.h |  286 ---
 drivers/video/sun3fb.c  |  702 -------
 drivers/video/virgefb.c | 2526 ---------------------------
 drivers/video/virgefb.h |  288 ---
 include/video/pm3fb.h   | 1235 -------------
 11 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13035 deletions(-)


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