linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] vgacon, arch/*: remove unused screen

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:34:38 +0200
From:   Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Brian Cain <bcain@...cinc.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Deepak Rawat <drawat.floss@...il.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Khalid Aziz <khalid@...ehiking.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
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        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] vgacon, arch/*: remove unused screen_info
 definitions

On 19/7/23 14:39, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> A number of architectures either kept the screen_info definition for
> historical purposes as it used to be required by the generic VT code, or
> they copied it from another architecture in order to build the VGA console
> driver in an allmodconfig build. The mips definition is used by some
> platforms, but the initialization on jazz is not needed.
> 
> Now that vgacon no longer builds on these architectures, remove the
> stale definitions and initializations.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> Acked-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
> Acked-by: Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>   arch/csky/kernel/setup.c          | 12 ------------
>   arch/hexagon/kernel/Makefile      |  2 --
>   arch/hexagon/kernel/screen_info.c |  3 ---
>   arch/mips/jazz/setup.c            |  9 ---------
>   arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c         |  5 -----
>   arch/sh/kernel/setup.c            |  5 -----
>   arch/sparc/kernel/setup_32.c      | 13 -------------
>   arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c      | 13 -------------
>   arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c        | 12 ------------
>   9 files changed, 74 deletions(-)
>   delete mode 100644 arch/hexagon/kernel/screen_info.c

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@...aro.org>