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

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=McPYmbWJuK5CJp3Q1guWJJOHYJvn46RWGs4T=QTPuSyzg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:41:03 -0800
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>
To: "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
Cc: 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>, 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>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:44:57 +0100, "Peng Fan (OSS)"
<peng.fan@....nxp.com> said:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
>
> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> ---

Yes, please!

Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>