linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slimbus: qcom: remove unused qcom controller driver

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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqKG+dcMgp1QF4F3Oxh5Shvagg6cSde=g1JMcEAquZhH_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:35:20 -0500
From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To: srinivas.kandagatla@....qualcomm.com
Cc: srini@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org, 
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slimbus: qcom: remove unused qcom controller driver

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM <srinivas.kandagatla@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@....qualcomm.com>
>
> Qcom Slimbus controller driver is totally unused and dead code, there is
> no point in keeping this driver in the kernel without users.
>
> This patch removes the driver along with device tree bindings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@....qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/slimbus/qcom,slim.yaml           |  86 --
>  drivers/slimbus/Kconfig                       |   7 -
>  drivers/slimbus/Makefile                      |   3 -
>  drivers/slimbus/qcom-ctrl.c                   | 735 ------------------
>  4 files changed, 831 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/slimbus/qcom,slim.yaml
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/slimbus/qcom-ctrl.c

This adds warnings to dt_binding_check:

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/slimbus/slimbus.example.dtb:
/example-0/soc/slim@...80000: failed to match any schema with
compatible: ['qcom,apq8064-slim', 'qcom,slim']
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/slimbus/slimbus.example.dtb:
/example-0/soc/slim@...80000: failed to match any schema with
compatible: ['qcom,apq8064-slim', 'qcom,slim']