linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uio: pruss: Deprecate use of this driver

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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 06:41:51 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio: pruss: Deprecate use of this driver

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 04:00:45PM -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
> This UIO driver was used to control the PRU processors found on various
> TI SoCs. It was created before the Remoteproc framework, but now with
> that we have a standard way to program and manage the PRU processors.
> The proper PRU Remoteproc driver should be used instead of this driver.
> Mark this driver deprecated.
> 
> The userspace tools to use this are no longer available, so also remove
> those dead links from the Kconfig description.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
> ---
>  drivers/uio/Kconfig | 10 ++--------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/uio/Kconfig b/drivers/uio/Kconfig
> index 2e16c5338e5b1..358dc2d19b885 100644
> --- a/drivers/uio/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/uio/Kconfig
> @@ -126,19 +126,13 @@ config UIO_FSL_ELBC_GPCM_NETX5152
>  	  http://www.hilscher.com/netx
>  
>  config UIO_PRUSS
> -	tristate "Texas Instruments PRUSS driver"
> +	tristate "Texas Instruments PRUSS driver (DEPRECATED)"

This isn't going to do much, why not just delete the driver entirely if
no one uses it?

thanks,

greg k-h