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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 15:43:43 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Peter Marshall <pm@petermarshall.ca>
Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>, 
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>, Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@foss.st.com>, 
	Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@foss.st.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, 
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] media: i2c: st-vd55g: Remove legacy vd55g1 remnants
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On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 04:45:45PM -0400, Peter Marshall wrote:
> vd55g1 is superseded by the generic vd55g driver supporting the same
> hardware and feature set. Remove it.

Why exactly this cannot be squashed to previous patch... or rather why
this driver cannot grow to support your new hardware, instead of adding
a duplicate one and then removing old driver?

Best regards,
Krzysztof