Re: i2c: removal of s6000 driver

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> > I recently discovered that the I2C core of the S6000 is basically a
> > Designware IP core. For the latter we have a frequently used and updated
> > i2c driver while the S6000 driver seems to bitrot. My wish is to remove
> > the s6000 driver in favor of the DesignWare one. My question is if there
> > is someone who could test such a change on real hardware?
> > Grepping through sources, it looks to me like the only candidate in
> > mainline is the s6105, yet its defconfig doesn't even have I2C
> > activated? Can we remove this driver right away? Am I missing something?
> 
> Removing drivers without a replacement tested and running
> doesn't make much sense, except one chooses to drop support
> for the whole S6 thing right away. Which I don't support.

Huh? I explicitly asked for help to test the replacement driver in the
first place. And was wondering why it is not in a defconfig. You know,
it could have been broken, too.

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