From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/sitronix: Remove broken backwards-compatibility layer
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 16:42:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87msb7ny2p.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20395b14effe5e2e05a4f0856fdcda51c410329d.1747751592.git.geert+renesas@glider.be>
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> writes:
Hello Geert,
> When moving the Sitronix DRM drivers and renaming their Kconfig symbols,
> the old symbols were kept, aiming to provide a seamless migration path
> when running "make olddefconfig" or "make oldconfig".
>
> However, the old compatibility symbols are not visible. Hence unless
> they are selected by another symbol (which they are not), they can never
> be enabled, and no backwards compatibility is provided.
>
> Drop the broken mechanism and the old symbols.
>
> Fixes: 9b8f32002cddf792 ("drm/sitronix: move tiny Sitronix drivers to their own subdir")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> ---
Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
--
Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat
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