linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: fbdev: amifb: remove dead APUS support

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 23:26:58 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        linux-fbdev <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        ML dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: fbdev: amifb: remove dead APUS support

Hi Emil,

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:38 PM Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 11:37, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> wrote:
> > On 5/14/20 10:21 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > These #ifdefs are relics from APUS (Amiga Power-Up System), which
> > > added a PPC board.  APUS support was killed off a long time ago,
> > > when arch/ppc/ was still king, but these #ifdefs were missed, because
> > > they didn't test for CONFIG_APUS.
> >
> > Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> > Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c |   63 --------------------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 63 deletions(-)
> >
> A quick look through my checkout (drm-misc/next aka 5.8 ish), shows
> multiple other places which check for the define.
> And a single place where it's being set - the Makefile below.
>
> Should those be addressed as well? Or perhaps they are and I've got an old tree.

Only the above apply to APUS support.
All other below are probably legitimate.

> $ git grep -c __mc68000__
> arch/m68k/Makefile:1
> drivers/block/floppy.c:2
> drivers/ide/ide-probe.c:2
> drivers/input/misc/hp_sdc_rtc.c:1
> drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc.c:3
> drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc_mlc.c:1
> drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c:8
> drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c:1
> drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c:11
> include/linux/a.out.h:1
> include/linux/hp_sdc.h:1
> include/uapi/linux/a.out.h:1
> lib/fonts/fonts.c:2
> lib/mpi/longlong.h:1

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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