On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 09:34:54PM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote: > Drop the support for ROHM BD72008 and BD72010 RGB sensors > > I accidentally hit a BU27008 data-sheet which had a big red text saying > "Obsolete". After a few queries I received a word that the ROHM BU27008 > and BU27010 RGB sensors were cancelled and never entered mass production. > Supporting not existing hardware makes no sense, so it's probably best > to drop the drivers and dt-bindings. > > There is still a RGB sensor from ROHM called BU27006. > https://www.rohm.com/products/sensors-mems/color-sensor-ics/bu27006muc-z-product > Based on a quick glance this should be very similar to the BU27010. If > someone wants to create a driver for this, then the bu27008.c might be > worth looking at. > > As writing of this I don't have the BU27006 at my hands, and when I > asked about creating a driver for this IC from the HQ ... I got an > impression that at the moment ROHM rather pays me for doing something > else. So, currently I have no plan to add support for the BD27006. > We can always dig the bu27008.c from the depths of the git, if it later > appears such a driver would be a good idea. The best series ever from you, Matti, on which I have not a tiny disagreement with! Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
