Re: Removal of cyttsp4 driver from mainline Linux kernel

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On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 11:10:14PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 11:08:51PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > cyttsp4 touchscreen driver was contributed by Cypress in 2013 and since
> > then has seen no updates. The driver uses platform data (no device tree
> > support) and there are no users of it in the mainline kernel. There were
> > occasional fixes to it for issues either found by static ocde analysis
> > tools or visual inspection, but otherwise the driver is completely
> > untested.
> > 
> > Should it be removed?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> And of course vendor email is bouncing...

Sound like a good reason to drop it.  If anyone needs it back it can be
reverted and fixed up easily then.

thanks,

greg k-h




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