linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Blackfin: remove bfin_simple

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Date:	Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:07:03 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Blackfin: remove bfin_simple_timer.h

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:56, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> Since it was introduced in commit 1394f03221 ("blackfin architecture"),
> bfin_simple_timer.h has always been unused: no file includes it and
> (unsurprisingly) the macros it defines are never used.

there is a driver that is out of tree that uses it, but we haven't
gotten cleaned up for merging.  the header should have been kept as
part of that merge, but i imagine the initial Blackfin support was a
bit hectic (as are all initial arch ports) so it was accidentally
included.
-mike
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