linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] platform/x86: intel_mid_thermal: Remove driver for deprecated platform

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:09:08 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] platform/x86: intel_mid_thermal: Remove driver for
 deprecated platform

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 01:40:54PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Intel Moorestown and Medfield are quite old Intel Atom based
> 32-bit platforms, which were in limited use in some Android phones,
> tablets and consumer electronics more than eight years ago.
> 
> There are no bugs or problems ever reported outside from Intel
> for breaking any of that platforms for years. It seems no real
> users exists who run more or less fresh kernel on it. The commit
> 05f4434bc130 ("ASoC: Intel: remove mfld_machine") also in align
> with this theory.
> 
> Due to above and to reduce a burden of supporting outdated drivers
> we remove the support of outdated platforms completely.

Please, ignore this, I just resent with proper mailing list in Cc.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko