linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/22] mtd/nand: remove sh

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Message-Id: <d9c2f760-283b-483c-8512-fdd2c372f26c@app.fastmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:06:22 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@....de>
Cc:     "Yoshinori Sato" <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        "Rich Felker" <dalias@...c.org>,
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        "laurent.pinchart" <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/22] mtd/nand: remove sh_flctl

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023, at 09:30, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 7:24 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>> Now that arch/sh is removed this driver is dead code.
>
> FTR, this hardware block is also present on the ARM-based
> SH-Mobile AG5 and R-Mobile A1 SoCs.
> Again, no DT support.

I would generally consider drivers dead when they have no DT support
and no platform in the upstream kernel registering the corresponding
device.

If anyone still uses this driver on SH-Mobile or R-Mobile, they
have clearly given up on upstreaming their patches by now, and
they can carry the burden of maintaining the driver out of tree,
or re-submit a working version.

    Arnd