linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: freescale: remove generic pin config core support

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZyTkQ1-WpU2c2ZRDxdGZhAdu5266k167WDuiE8YOLTqA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Mar 2023 14:15:59 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@....com>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Jacky Bai <ping.bai@....com>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: freescale: remove generic pin config core support

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:21 AM Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:

> No instance of "struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info" sets '.generic_pinconf =
> true', so all of this is effectively dead code.
>
> To make it easier to understand the actual code, remove all the unused
> cruft. This effectively reverts a5cadbbb081c ("pinctrl: imx: add
> generic pin config core support").
>
> It was only in use by a single SOC (imx7ulp) for a few releases, and
> the commit message of dbffda08f0e9 ("pinctrl: fsl: imx7ulp: change to
> use imx legacy binding") suggests that it won't be used in the
> future. Certainly no new user has appeared in 20+ releases, and should
> the need arise, this can be dug out of git history again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij