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SubjectRe: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove unused auo_k190xfb drivers
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Am Freitag, 27. April 2018, 13:04:24 CEST schrieb Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz:
> auo_k1900fb and auo_k1901fb drivers have been introduced six
> years ago by following commits:
>
> commit 2c8304d3125b ("video: auo_k190x: add code shared by controller drivers")
> commit 96b1d500e028 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1900 variant")
> commit 53027cdf2a67 ("video: auo_k190x: add driver for AUO-K1901 variant")
>
> They never had any in-kernel user so just remove them (since
> they are platform drivers they need corresponding platform
> devices to be registered by kernel and it has never happened).
>
> Cc: Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>

While I still hold the ereaders using these controllers in high regard
as my first kernel hacking project, reality is that I don't think I'll
ever continue on trying to mainline these and if later someone wants
to resurrect these (very old now) devices, they'll probably need a drm-
driver anyway. So for the removal

Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>


Heiko

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