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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Dominik Brodowski" <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>,
	"Alexandre Belloni" <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	"Claudiu Beznea" <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: at91_cf: switch to using gpiod API
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:06:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d7179695-46ef-4043-b0aa-bff6e9a8751b@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yy8RcC2QHdws26ha@owl.dominikbrodowski.net>

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022, at 4:17 PM, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
>
> From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
> Subject: [PATCH] pcmcia: remove AT91RM9200 Compact Flash driver
>
> As noted by Arnd Bergmann, "we used to have three drivers for the same
> hardware (pcmcia, pata and ide), and only the pcmcia driver remained
> in the tree after drivers/ide/ was removed and pata_at91 did not get
> converted to DT". "There is no dts file in tree that actually declares
> either of them, so chances are that nobody is actually using the CF
> slot on at91 any more."[1]
>
> On this rationale, remove the AT91RM9200 Compact Flash driver, which
> also assists in reaching "the goal of stopping exporting OF-specific
> APIs of gpiolib".[2]
>
> [1] 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/68c63077-848b-45f5-8aca-ed995391f2b6@www.fastmail.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Yy6d7TjqzUwGQnQa@penguin/
>
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

though we probably want to remove the binding at
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/atmel-at91_cf.txt
as well.
 
      Arnd

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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Dominik Brodowski" <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>,
	"Alexandre Belloni" <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	"Claudiu Beznea" <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: at91_cf: switch to using gpiod API
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 21:06:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d7179695-46ef-4043-b0aa-bff6e9a8751b@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yy8RcC2QHdws26ha@owl.dominikbrodowski.net>

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022, at 4:17 PM, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
>
> From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
> Subject: [PATCH] pcmcia: remove AT91RM9200 Compact Flash driver
>
> As noted by Arnd Bergmann, "we used to have three drivers for the same
> hardware (pcmcia, pata and ide), and only the pcmcia driver remained
> in the tree after drivers/ide/ was removed and pata_at91 did not get
> converted to DT". "There is no dts file in tree that actually declares
> either of them, so chances are that nobody is actually using the CF
> slot on at91 any more."[1]
>
> On this rationale, remove the AT91RM9200 Compact Flash driver, which
> also assists in reaching "the goal of stopping exporting OF-specific
> APIs of gpiolib".[2]
>
> [1] 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/68c63077-848b-45f5-8aca-ed995391f2b6@www.fastmail.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Yy6d7TjqzUwGQnQa@penguin/
>
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

though we probably want to remove the binding at
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/atmel-at91_cf.txt
as well.
 
      Arnd

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-09-25 19:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-24  6:04 [PATCH] pcmcia: at91_cf: switch to using gpiod API Dmitry Torokhov
2022-09-24  6:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2022-09-24  8:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-24  8:33   ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-24 11:42   ` Alexandre Belloni
2022-09-24 11:42     ` Alexandre Belloni
2022-09-24 14:17     ` Dominik Brodowski
2022-09-24 14:17       ` Dominik Brodowski
2022-09-25  4:54       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2022-09-25  4:54         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2022-09-25 12:24       ` Linus Walleij
2022-09-25 12:24         ` Linus Walleij
2022-09-26 15:26         ` Nicolas Ferre
2022-09-26 15:26           ` Nicolas Ferre
2022-09-25 18:09       ` Alexandre Belloni
2022-09-25 18:09         ` Alexandre Belloni
2022-09-25 19:06       ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2022-09-25 19:06         ` Arnd Bergmann

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