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RCPT_COUNT_SEVEN(0.00)[8]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; DBL_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:rdns,imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:helo,suse.de:mid,suse.de:dkim,suse.de:email] X-Spam-Score: -4.51 X-Spam-Level: Am 25.06.25 um 15:12 schrieb Arnd Bergmann: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > This driver has not worked correctly for many years, and the only in-tree > reference to it is going away as well, so remove the driver now. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann > --- > Documentation/fb/index.rst | 1 - > Documentation/fb/metronomefb.rst | 38 -- > drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 9 - > drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile | 1 - > drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c | 724 ------------------------------ > include/video/metronomefb.h | 57 --- > 6 files changed, 830 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 Documentation/fb/metronomefb.rst > delete mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c > delete mode 100644 include/video/metronomefb.h > > diff --git a/Documentation/fb/index.rst b/Documentation/fb/index.rst > index 33e3c49f8856..4f3f3b60ba9f 100644 > --- a/Documentation/fb/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/fb/index.rst > @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Frame Buffer > internals > lxfb > matroxfb > - metronomefb > modedb > pvr2fb > pxafb > diff --git a/Documentation/fb/metronomefb.rst b/Documentation/fb/metronomefb.rst > deleted file mode 100644 > index 63e1d31a7e54..000000000000 > --- a/Documentation/fb/metronomefb.rst > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ > -=========== > -Metronomefb > -=========== > - > -Maintained by Jaya Kumar > - > -Last revised: Mar 10, 2008 > - > -Metronomefb is a driver for the Metronome display controller. The controller > -is from E-Ink Corporation. It is intended to be used to drive the E-Ink > -Vizplex display media. E-Ink hosts some details of this controller and the > -display media here http://www.e-ink.com/products/matrix/metronome.html . > - > -Metronome is interfaced to the host CPU through the AMLCD interface. The > -host CPU generates the control information and the image in a framebuffer > -which is then delivered to the AMLCD interface by a host specific method. > -The display and error status are each pulled through individual GPIOs. > - > -Metronomefb is platform independent and depends on a board specific driver > -to do all physical IO work. Currently, an example is implemented for the > -PXA board used in the AM-200 EPD devkit. This example is am200epd.c > - > -Metronomefb requires waveform information which is delivered via the AMLCD > -interface to the metronome controller. The waveform information is expected to > -be delivered from userspace via the firmware class interface. The waveform file > -can be compressed as long as your udev or hotplug script is aware of the need > -to uncompress it before delivering it. metronomefb will ask for metronome.wbf > -which would typically go into /lib/firmware/metronome.wbf depending on your > -udev/hotplug setup. I have only tested with a single waveform file which was > -originally labeled 23P01201_60_WT0107_MTC. I do not know what it stands for. > -Caution should be exercised when manipulating the waveform as there may be > -a possibility that it could have some permanent effects on the display media. > -I neither have access to nor know exactly what the waveform does in terms of > -the physical media. > - > -Metronomefb uses the deferred IO interface so that it can provide a memory > -mappable frame buffer. It has been tested with tinyx (Xfbdev). It is known > -to work at this time with xeyes, xclock, xloadimage, xpdf. > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig > index 55c6686f091e..c661b2136009 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig > @@ -1698,15 +1698,6 @@ config XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND > frame buffer driver. It communicates with a back-end > in another domain. > > -config FB_METRONOME > - tristate "E-Ink Metronome/8track controller support" > - depends on FB > - select FB_SYSMEM_HELPERS_DEFERRED > - help > - This driver implements support for the E-Ink Metronome > - controller. The pre-release name for this device was 8track > - and could also have been called by some vendors as PVI-nnnn. > - > config FB_MB862XX > tristate "Fujitsu MB862xx GDC support" > depends on FB > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile b/drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile > index b3d12f977c06..3be6ee8e9136 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile > @@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_PMAG_AA) += pmag-aa-fb.o > obj-$(CONFIG_FB_PMAG_BA) += pmag-ba-fb.o > obj-$(CONFIG_FB_PMAGB_B) += pmagb-b-fb.o > obj-$(CONFIG_FB_MAXINE) += maxinefb.o > -obj-$(CONFIG_FB_METRONOME) += metronomefb.o > obj-$(CONFIG_FB_BROADSHEET) += broadsheetfb.o > obj-$(CONFIG_FB_S1D13XXX) += s1d13xxxfb.o > obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SH7760) += sh7760fb.o > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c > deleted file mode 100644 > index 6f0942c6e5f1..000000000000 > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,724 +0,0 @@ > -/* > - * linux/drivers/video/metronomefb.c -- FB driver for Metronome controller > - * > - * Copyright (C) 2008, Jaya Kumar > - * > - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public > - * License. See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive for > - * more details. > - * > - * Layout is based on skeletonfb.c by James Simmons and Geert Uytterhoeven. > - * > - * This work was made possible by help and equipment support from E-Ink > - * Corporation. https://www.eink.com/ > - * > - * This driver is written to be used with the Metronome display controller. > - * It is intended to be architecture independent. A board specific driver > - * must be used to perform all the physical IO interactions. An example > - * is provided as am200epd.c > - * > - */ > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > -#include > - > -#include