linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove support for TX49xx

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Date:   Thu, 7 Jan 2021 09:04:43 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove support for TX49xx

Hi Nemoto-san,

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 2:18 AM Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 21:41:24 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >> > Is that sufficient to keep it?
> >>
> >> for me it is. But now we probaly need some reverts then...
> >
> > Indeed. Fortunately not all of it, as some removals were TX4938-only.
>
> These patches should not break RBTX4927:
>
>   net: tc35815: Drop support for TX49XX boards
>   spi: txx9: Remove driver
>   mtd: Remove drivers used by TX49xx
>   char: hw_random: Remove tx4939 driver
>   rtc: tx4939: Remove driver
>   ide: tx4938ide: Remove driver

Indeed.

> And these patches just break audio-support only.
>
>   dma: tx49 removal
>   ASoC: txx9: Remove driver
>
> I think dma and ASoC drivers are hard to maintain now, and can be
> dropped for basic support for RBTX4927.
> (TX39 boards does not have audio-support, so dma txx9 driver can be
> dropped too)

Agreed, I don't test audio anyway, but I know it used to work (I had
intended to use the board as an MPD media server, but never got beyond
the prototyping phase).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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