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Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 10:13:57 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To:     Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Remove unused headers <linux/jz4740-adc.h> and
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On Wed, 03 Nov 2021, Paul Cercueil wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> 
> Le mer., nov. 3 2021 at 07:43:51 +0000, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> a
> écrit :
> > On Tue, 02 Nov 2021, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > 
> > >  Commit ff71266aa490 ("mfd: Drop obsolete JZ4740 driver") removed
> > > the last
> > >  file to include <linux/jz4740-adc.h> but left the header file itself
> > >  behind.  Nothing uses it, remove it now.
> > > 
> > >  Similarly, aea12071d6fc ("power/supply: Drop obsolete JZ4740
> > > driver")
> > >  deleted the last use of <linux/power/jz4740-battery.h>, so remove
> > > that one
> > >  too.
> > > 
> > >  Cc: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
> > >  Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > >  Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
> > >  Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
> > >  Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
> > >  Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> > >  ---
> > >   include/linux/jz4740-adc.h           | 33
> > > ----------------------------
> > >   include/linux/power/jz4740-battery.h | 15 -------------
> > 
> > It appears as though there are still references to both of these
> > *devices* in the kernel tree.  Should those be removed also?
> 
> These files were for older drivers that were since then replaced by newer
> drivers; JZ47xx SoCs are still officially supported and maintained.

Okay, great.

Thanks for the explanation Paul.

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