linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove unused auo

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Message-id: <508774774.A4nF8YdQe2@amdc3058>
Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 15:39:44 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
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

On Friday, April 27, 2018 05:07:41 PM Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> 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>

Thanks, I've queued the patch for v4.18.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics