linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: remove dead iop watchdog timer driver

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a0iPsbMr1QN4Rg7hhgkGO0n956SpoDH_Wt+OcFbye1__w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:48:02 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        LINUXWATCHDOG <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: remove dead iop watchdog timer driver

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 12:08 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 59d3ae9a5bf6 ("ARM: remove Intel iop33x and iop13xx support")
> removes the config ARCH_IOP13XX in ./arch/arm/Kconfig.
>
> Hence, since then, the corresponding iop watchdog timer driver is dead
> code. Remove this dead driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>

I would add a reference to ec2e32ca661e ("watchdog: iop_wdt only builds for
mach-iop13xx") in the changelog, before that it could be selected but
did not build.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>