Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: pci: remove

[Thomas Bogendoerfer]

On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 08:59:43PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> Commit 85b9686dae30 ("MIPS: ath79: drop platform device registration code")

this commit doesn't do anything with pci at all. Do you mean
commit 73d8e6aa7d20 ("MIPS: ath79: drop legacy pci code") ?

> removed the ability for anything to bind to these drivers and use them.
> Meaning as is, these drivers cannot be used.
> 
> Downstream OpenWrt has hack patches that add the missing OF stuff but
> those are not suitable for upstream.
> 
> The current plan is to rewrite these drivers using newer APIs and have
> them live under drivers/pci/controller. But as for these, axe them.

wouldn't it make more sense to revert the commit above and remove it
after the change to a new pci implementation is really done ?

Thomas.

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