linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 20/21] media: i2c: remove MAX96717 driver

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Message-ID: <aXCpI-6sAmz7cDX9@kekkonen.localdomain>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:23:31 +0200
From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
To: dumitru.ceclan@...log.com
Cc: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Julien Massot <julien.massot@...labora.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, mitrutzceclan@...il.com,
	Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 20/21] media: i2c: remove MAX96717 driver

Hi Cosmin, Dumitru,

On Mon, Dec 08, 2025 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Dumitru Ceclan via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@...il.com>
> 
> The previous MAX96717 driver has been removed and its functionality has
> been moved to a MAX96717 driver which makes use of the Maxim GMSL2/3
> serializer framework.

Please use imperative form when describing what the patch does.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@...il.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                |  1 -
>  drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig  | 16 ----------------
>  drivers/media/i2c/Makefile |  1 -

This patch doesn't actually remove the driver, same for the next one.

It'd be good to have comments (acks hopefully!) from the authors (and
users) of the existing drivers on how does the new driver work for them.

There's also no need to resend patchsets to get more attention, please just
ping instead.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus