linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641

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Message-ID: <aXI8WuxLOJfiUSGe@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:03:54 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 08:44:57PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:

> Since commit d6df7df7ae5a0 ("ARM: pxa: remove unused board files"), there
> has been no in-tree user of the AK4641 codec driver. The last user
> (HP iPAQ hx4700) was a non-DT PXA board file that instantiated the device
> via I2C board data; that code was removed as part of the PXA board-file
> purge.
> 
> The AK4641 driver was introduced ~2011 and still probes only via the I2C
> device-ID table ('.id_table'), without an 'of_match_table', so there are
> no upstream Devicetree users to retain. With no in-tree users left, remove
> the driver.

Yep, and if needed they may resurrect it, clean up and resubmit using proper
(modern) APIs.

Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko