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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:07:41 +0200 From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de> To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove unused auo_k190xfb drivers Am Freitag, 27. April 2018, 13:04:24 CEST schrieb Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz: > auo_k1900fb and auo_k1901fb drivers have been introduced six > years ago by following commits: > > commit 2c8304d3125b ("video: auo_k190x: add code shared by controller drivers") > commit 96b1d500e028 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1900 variant") > commit 53027cdf2a67 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1901 variant") > > They never had any in-kernel user so just remove them (since > they are platform drivers they need corresponding platform > devices to be registered by kernel and it has never happened). > > Cc: Heiko Stübner <heiko@...ech.de> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> While I still hold the ereaders using these controllers in high regard as my first kernel hacking project, reality is that I don't think I'll ever continue on trying to mainline these and if later someone wants to resurrect these (very old now) devices, they'll probably need a drm- driver anyway. So for the removal Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de> Heiko
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