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From:   Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>
To:     Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
        Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.r.jakobsson@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: bdc: Remove the BDC PCI driver
In-Reply-To: <20210115213142.35003-1-alcooperx@gmail.com>
References: <20210115213142.35003-1-alcooperx@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:30:36 +0200
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Hi,

Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com> writes:
> The BDC PCI driver was only used for design verification with
> an PCI/FPGA board. The board no longer exists and is not in use
> anywhere. All instances of this core now exist as a memory mapped
> device on the platform bus.
>
> NOTE: This only removes the PCI driver and does not remove the
> platform driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com>

It sounds like it could be used for pre-silicon verification of newer
Core Releases, much like Synopsys still uses the HAPS (with mainline
linux, mind you) for silicon validation.

Why would we delete this small shim if it *could* still be useful?

=2D-=20
balbi

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