Re: [PATCH 0/2] Drop BU27008 and BU27010

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 09:34:54PM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> Drop the support for ROHM BD72008 and BD72010 RGB sensors
> 
> I accidentally hit a BU27008 data-sheet which had a big red text saying
> "Obsolete". After a few queries I received a word that the ROHM BU27008
> and BU27010 RGB sensors were cancelled and never entered mass production.
> Supporting not existing hardware makes no sense, so it's probably best
> to drop the drivers and dt-bindings.
> 
> There is still a RGB sensor from ROHM called BU27006.
> https://www.rohm.com/products/sensors-mems/color-sensor-ics/bu27006muc-z-product
> Based on a quick glance this should be very similar to the BU27010. If
> someone wants to create a driver for this, then the bu27008.c might be
> worth looking at.
> 
> As writing of this I don't have the BU27006 at my hands, and when I
> asked about creating a driver for this IC from the HQ ... I got an
> impression that at the moment ROHM rather pays me for doing something
> else. So, currently I have no plan to add support for the BD27006.
> We can always dig the bu27008.c from the depths of the git, if it later
> appears such a driver would be a good idea.

The best series ever from you, Matti, on which I have
not a tiny disagreement with!

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko