From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:46666 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752087AbeCOQZ0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:25:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:25:22 +0100 From: gregkh Subject: Re: [Blackfin removal] [PATCH 11/28] misc: Remove Blackfin DSP echo support Message-ID: <20180315162522.GA2258@kroah.com> References: <1521111028-19856-1-git-send-email-aaron.wu@analog.com> <1521111028-19856-11-git-send-email-aaron.wu@analog.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Aaron Wu , linux-arch , Steve Underwood , David Rowe On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 04:54:11PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Aaron Wu wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Aaron Wu > > > > Remove Blackfin DSP echo support > > --- > > drivers/misc/echo/echo.c | 73 ------------------------------------------------ > > drivers/misc/echo/fir.h | 50 --------------------------------- > > 2 files changed, 123 deletions(-) > > I had picked up this patch at first, but now took a closer look and found no > users of this module. It sounds to me like we should remove the entire > directory rather than just the blackfin portion. > > Adding the original authors to Cc for clarification. The echo "driver" is used by Asterix systems. It seems to be the only driver that ended up getting merged upstream from that huge mess. So there are users of it, or at least there were, I don't know how popular Asterix is these days. thanks, greg k-h