linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: sm750fb: remove 750LE code

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Message-ID: <20150319132236.GA3540@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:22:36 +0100
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: sm750fb: remove 750LE code

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 06:47:40PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> 750LE is a special version of the hardware with Ip Core and
> Silicon Motion is making this hardware only for Huawei. It is not
> available to anyone else.

And Huawei doesn't run Linux?  (hint, they do...)

Why remove this if someone can use it?  I don't understand.

thanks,

greg k-h
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