Re: [PATCH 1/2] fbdev: xilinxfb: remove the driver
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 09:01:28 EST
On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 10:39:01PM +0530, Radhey Shyam Pandey wrote:
> Remove xilinx framebuffer soft IP driver. This IP core relies on Xilinx
> Platform Studio (XPS) and the ISE Design suite, both of which were
> discontinued by Xilinx years ago. Furthermore, modern AMD toolchains
> (Vivado Design Suite and Vitis) provide no support for the legacy PLB
> (Processor Local Bus) architecture used by these cores. As a result,
> no new hardware designs can be built using this IP.
>
> Nothing in the tree document the driver compatible strings. Given the
> complete obsolescence of the supporting hardware development tools
> and the lack of upstream users, remove the dead driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@xxxxxxx>
> ---
You can include here defconfig update.
Best regards,
Krzysztof