linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/16] fbdev: remove w90x900/nuc900 platform drivers

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a0=5rmWw1vvKX3evVbpk-3Z204QZ3x-DaMs_5e9Kg-YAQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:40:00 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:     soc@...nel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/16] fbdev: remove w90x900/nuc900 platform drivers

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 3:30 PM Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 8/9/19 10:27 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > The ARM w90x900 platform is getting removed, so this driver is obsolete.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
>
> BTW there is a very minor issue with internal bisectability of
> this patch series (non-issue in reality because it affects only
> configs with ARCH_W90X900=y and such are now gone, just FYI):
>
> arch/arm/mach-w90x900/dev.c (which stays in tree until patch #16
> ("ARM: remove w90x900 platform") uses include/linux/platform_data/
> files removed in patches #7 (spi), #9 (fbdev) and #10 (keyboard).

Ah right, I actually planned to change that originally but forgot.
As you say, it's not a huge issue except for building randconfig or
nuc900_defconfig.

       Arnd