linux-kernel - Re: [RFT PATCH] [media] partial revert of "[media] tvp5150: add HW input connectors support"

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:49:51 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>
To:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] [media] partial revert of "[media] tvp5150: add HW
 input connectors support"

Hello Philipp,

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2016-12-13 at 12:39 -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> Commit f7b4b54e6364 ("[media] tvp5150: add HW input connectors support")
>> added input signals support for the tvp5150, but the approach was found
>> to be incorrect so the corresponding DT binding commit 82c2ffeb217a
>> ("[media] tvp5150: document input connectors DT bindings") was reverted.
>>
>> This left the driver with an undocumented (and wrong) DT parsing logic,
>> so lets get rid of this code as well until the input connectors support
>> is implemented properly.
>>
>> It's a partial revert due other patches added on top of mentioned commit
>> not allowing the commit to be reverted cleanly anymore. But all the code
>> related to the DT parsing logic and input entities creation are removed.
>>
>> > Suggested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
>
> what is the state of this patch? Was it forgotten or was the revert
> deemed unnecessary?
>

I think that was just forgotten. That code still needs to be reverted
since the DT patch was also reverted.

Albeit the code is harmless since should be a no-op if a connectors DT
node isn't found.

> regards
> Philipp
>

Best regards,
Javier