Re: [PATCH] staging: axis-fifo: remove driver

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 06:31:27PM +0530, Grewstad wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 04:01:53PM +0530, Arihan Bhor wrote:
> >
> > I don't think we should delete this driver.  From reading the git
> > log, Ovidiu Panait was obviously using this code last year.  Let's
> > also add Jacob Feder, although he hasn't touched the code in 8 years,
> > he still might know if there are other users.
> 
> I could not find any user-space applications that depend on this driver.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAD03fjb=_kW9=q9YV4qnQ5GD=HMB5Bx7pf3+AFcgDR2gVc1V6Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> I was looking for any users of this driver on the linux-kernel, linux-staging,
> and linux-arm-kernel mailing lists as well as Jacob Feder, and received no
> replies since I posted it 1 day ago. If someone is using it or maintaining a
> proprietary app, they will complain and we can bring the driver back.

Here are people using it and running into issues in Jan 2025.
https://adaptivesupport.amd.com/s/question/0D54U00008zRBdISAW/vitis-is-not-creating-a-driver-entry-for-axififomm-43?language=zh_CN
Someone provides a work around:
https://adaptivesupport.amd.com/s/question/0D54U00008sLBuMSAW/how-to-use-the-axi-stream-fifo-drivers-xllfifoh-xllfifogc-etc-in-the-project?language=en_US
Then Ovidiu Panait fixed the bug in Sep by adding the correct
compatible.

regards,
dan carpenter