Re: [PATCH 8/9] mfd: bd70528: Drop BD70528 support

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 25 May 2021, Matti Vaittinen wrote:

> The only known BD70528 use-cases are such that the PMIC is controlled
> from separate MCU which is not running Linux. I am not aware of
> any Linux driver users. Furthermore, it seems there is no demand for
> this IC. Let's ease the maintenance burden and drop the driver. We can
> always add it back if there is sudden need for it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Please let me know if some of you think the driver is needed.
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/Kconfig              |  17 --
>  drivers/mfd/Makefile             |   1 -
>  drivers/mfd/rohm-bd70528.c       | 314 -------------------------
>  include/linux/mfd/rohm-bd70528.h | 391 -------------------------------
>  include/linux/mfd/rohm-generic.h |   1 -
>  5 files changed, 724 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/rohm-bd70528.c
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/rohm-bd70528.h

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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