linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] media: atomisp: comment-out JPEG format

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Date:   Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:03:39 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>, mauro.chehab@...wei.com,
        Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>,
        Aline Santana Cordeiro <alinesantanacordeiro@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Kaixu Xia <kaixuxia@...cent.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...asonboard.com>,
        Tsuchiya Yuto <kitakar@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] media: atomisp: comment-out JPEG format

On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 1:30 PM Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This is already disabled on some parts of the code, and trying
> to use it with current firmware causes an error:
>
> [   53.799946] atomisp-isp2 0000:00:03.0: can't create streams
> [   53.799962] atomisp-isp2 0000:00:03.0: __get_frame_info 1600x900 (padded to 0) returned -22
>
> So, completely disable reporting it.


Can't we simply remove all these pieces altogether?
The rationale:
 - code is still kept in the index of the Git
 - avoid robots and humans of sending patches against dead code
 - leaving dead code (even in staging) is not what we want in the long term

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko