linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] staging: vc04_services: Some dead code removal

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Date:   Sat, 6 Oct 2018 12:18:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@....fi>, phil@...pberrypi.org,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] staging: vc04_services: Some dead code removal

Hi Tuomas,

> Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@....fi> hat am 4. Oktober 2018 um 11:37 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Drop various pieces of dead code from here and there to get rid of
> the remaining users of VCHI_CONNECTION_T. After that we get to drop
> entire header files worth of unused code.
> 
> I've tested on a Raspberry Pi Model B (bcm2835_defconfig) that
> snd-bcm2835 can still play analog audio just fine.
> 

thanks and i'm fine with your patch series:

Acked-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>

Unfortunately this would break compilation of the downstream vchi drivers like vcsm [1]. Personally i don't want to maintain another one, because i cannot see the gain of the resulting effort.

[1] - https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-4.14.y/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm