linux-kernel - Re: dw_mmc: Does anyone use multiple slots?

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Date:	Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:19:44 -0700
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...gle.com>
Cc:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	"linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>,
	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
	Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
	Seungwon Jeon <tgih.jun@...sung.com>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
	Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
	Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@...sung.com>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: dw_mmc: Does anyone use multiple slots?

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Doug Anderson <dianders@...gle.com> wrote:

> I guess my overall question is: if there are no actual implementations
> of multislot, shouldn't we kill it and simplify the code a whole lot?
> If someone out there has a real multislot device they can step back in
> and do it more correctly?
>
> Of course we need to find someone to actually go through and do the
> killing of multislot, but finding that person might be easier if there
> was some agreement that it was good to do.

There clearly seems to be no in-tree users of multislot. If someone
new comes in, we have the code in the history and can revert the
removal (or at least use it as reference for re-introduction).

I vote for removing it. It adds really annoying complexity for
something that nobody uses.


-Olof
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