linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: remove zte zx platform left-over

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Date:   Tue, 2 Nov 2021 08:07:34 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: remove zte zx platform left-over

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 7:38 AM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 89d4f98ae90d ("ARM: remove zte zx platform") missed to remove some
> definitions for this platform's debug and serial, e.g., code dependent on
> the config DEBUG_ZTE_ZX.
>
> Fortunately, ./scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py detects this and warns:
>
> DEBUG_ZTE_ZX
> Referencing files: arch/arm/include/debug/pl01x.S
>
> Further review by Arnd Bergmann identified even more dead code in the
> amba serial driver.
>
> Remove all this left-over from the zte zx platform.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>

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

> ---
> this is a new patch after the discussion around:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211028141938.3530-2-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com/

I'd suggest adding this to the patch description as

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211028141938.3530-2-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com/