linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] media: dt-bindings: Drop starfive,jh7110-camss from staging

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Message-ID: <8881acaf-3233-44a3-aa55-bb1236a7cc91@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:38:21 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Jai Luthra <jai.luthra@...asonboard.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, Rob Herring
 <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
 Changhuang Liang <changhuang.liang@...rfivetech.com>,
 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 Rishikesh Donadkar <r-donadkar@...com>,
 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] media: dt-bindings: Drop starfive,jh7110-camss
 from staging

On 17/01/2026 12:36, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 12:36:58PM +0530, Jai Luthra wrote:
>> The starfive-camss driver is no longer being worked upon for destaging,
>> and will be dropped in a subsequent commit, so drop the DT bindings.
> 
> That's a moderately new SoC and commit was added ~2 years ago. Why is
> this being dropped exactly?

OK, the link below gives some answer but isn't this better just to mark
it orphan and keep for some time? Is the driver working/useful? Maybe
someone will volunteer for it?

> 
>>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZQ0PR01MB13024A92926C415C187D2C18F29F2@ZQ0PR01MB1302.CHNPR01.prod.partner.outlook.cn/
>> Acked-by: Changhuang Liang <changhuang.liang@...rfivetech.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jai Luthra <jai.luthra@...asonboard.com>
> 
> Reverting/dropping changes is always in reverse of introducing them, so
> this must be second commit. Otherwise your change is non-bisectable and
> you have now warnings of undocumented ABI.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 


Best regards,
Krzysztof