From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C77DC43381 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:26:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EA52085A for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:26:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1552919165; bh=gZ8Mof6ISO1nC7frmfKgkkA7j0ooP+xCx2C348k9ABI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=mlGwde78BrkV6Y5r/rWoTkcQlIxK3IZdY95oLnhFJ9MSwXXz+umS2imLPz7Gbznyh /8gmxK+3LmjIQ0ZdIurntv5VIAKEWkyQVx6k5na9mnnbAu7J3PFHv8uEPwyy+iALyW r2CvXDvBBICaTd+ekPzN1YTSgD4ZSV//an7sOMeg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727644AbfCRO0E (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:26:04 -0400 Received: from heliosphere.sirena.org.uk ([172.104.155.198]:40224 "EHLO heliosphere.sirena.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727183AbfCRO0D (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:26:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sirena.org.uk; s=20170815-heliosphere; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=qM+I/Z8m4vYCeqOi1XBCWMu980/aAomV4nvWYfSQj5k=; b=ni87JUQbu7xFk95XxmAkhwFcL CnSK4zQxOiNizdw0Ys1gBtt0a3Imd/P53Z3XjUURUGo4MLQYZkC4WdTLlO8LpTL3DychoZ4f/KQV2 tE700HI4PLiwLM1Bn/7dGuBR+/OVBk2AXZPjzOaPGrMp8ve7n33aGeiaRNeyi5rm9pGdU=; Received: from cpc102320-sgyl38-2-0-cust46.18-2.cable.virginm.net ([82.37.168.47] helo=debutante.sirena.org.uk) by heliosphere.sirena.org.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1h5tDD-0005ks-LR; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:25:59 +0000 Received: by debutante.sirena.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F07801128874; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:25:58 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:25:58 +0000 From: Mark Brown To: Steve Twiss Cc: Axel Lin , Support Opensource , Liam Girdwood , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: da9055: Convert to regulator core's simplified DT parsing code Message-ID: <20190318142558.GF6221@sirena.org.uk> References: <20190312154759.13774-1-axel.lin@ingics.com> <20190312154759.13774-2-axel.lin@ingics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kR3zbvD4cgoYnS/6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Cookie: Linux is obsolete User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --kR3zbvD4cgoYnS/6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 01:56:21PM +0000, Steve Twiss wrote: > But it does seem that around 97% of this driver has not has not changed since > 2014, so we are happy here at Dialog to remove our support from this DA9055 > device. > Is there a Linux device driver retirement plan for obsoleted products? :) Well, we can delete stuff but personally I don't see a big concern with leaving things sitting there so long as they're not getting in anyone's way - it's more effort to figure out if there's any users (like with this if there's people with old boards somewhere even if the product isn't being sold yet) than it is just to leave things sitting there. If you don't want to do any support on it that's fine though. --kR3zbvD4cgoYnS/6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAlyPqnYACgkQJNaLcl1U h9CPSQf+LvA5V6UG8ZKxC3r8A/5EgBwWTOVaABPtRBzgAtixEA385KqJ2Tim+GPd 9QiPV9eXPZCgLMBGJeUiW4waz0f/ZYTYB/upbkss3oE806YOMoOIE7BcLdk0VUL3 nApGH5/E860WElA23phS8yHezzxbTsuXSTBNsuxRVLM7Lfzx4hH51pRJSkGfxDPw OWZo+K21KpHTpyM7VJ/tspvvJjW7sbujhN+dlAEUNv60uQuSsIPM7yXE1L6xMfCr nfceSKe7ZhADtNYq0icIZ0g9kjzR8p42bCvSfxGgDKO1pKuHZm6LHiilh3sI4g81 3usP3lrodC7BCrOK97x42we19oAstA== =0Q/m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kR3zbvD4cgoYnS/6--