Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: panel: Remove unused callback binding code

From: Geert Uytterhoeven

Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 04:34:15 EST


Hi Miles,

Thanks for your patch!

On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 at 03:07, Miles Krause via B4 Relay
<devnull+mileskrause5200.gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Miles Krause <mileskrause5200@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> panel_bind_callback() has been compiled out with #if 0 since it was
> introduced and has no callers. Remove the dead function to reduce

FTR, that function was used until commit 630231776da4916e ("Staging:
panel: remove support for smartcards") in v2.6.29.

> maintenance burden.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miles Krause <mileskrause5200@xxxxxxxxx>

I do agree it can go. It can be revived from git history when needed.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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