# Re: \[PATCH 03/14\] mfd: remove unused si476x driver

- From: Hans Verkuil \<hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-11-10 12:25:32 
- List: linux-devicetree
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-devicetree/2026/11/17905723
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2026/11/17905723/t.md

```text
On 09/09/2026 15:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> The si476x driver was added in linux-3.9 without devicetree
> support, and has always failed the probe function in the
> absence of a si476x_platform_data definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

For drivers/media/radio, include/media/drv-intf/si476x.h,
Documentation/admin-guide/media and include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h:

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>

Regards,

	Hans

> ---
>  .../admin-guide/media/radio-cardlist.rst      |    1 -
>  Documentation/admin-guide/media/si476x.rst    |  160 --
>  .../admin-guide/media/v4l-drivers.rst         |    1 -
>  drivers/media/radio/Kconfig                   |   17 -
>  drivers/media/radio/Makefile                  |    1 -
>  drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c            | 1523 ----------------
>  drivers/mfd/Kconfig                           |   13 -
>  drivers/mfd/Makefile                          |    3 -
>  drivers/mfd/si476x-cmd.c                      | 1543 -----------------
>  drivers/mfd/si476x-i2c.c                      |  861 ---------
>  drivers/mfd/si476x-prop.c                     |  233 ---
>  include/linux/mfd/si476x-core.h               |  532 ------
>  include/linux/mfd/si476x-platform.h           |  256 ---
>  include/linux/mfd/si476x-reports.h            |  154 --
>  include/media/drv-intf/si476x.h               |   28 -
>  include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h            |    4 +-
>  sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig                      |    5 -
>  sound/soc/codecs/Makefile                     |    2 -
>  sound/soc/codecs/si476x.c                     |  263 ---
>  sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c                 |    8 -
>  20 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5606 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/media/si476x.rst
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/media/radio/radio-si476x.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/si476x-cmd.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/si476x-i2c.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/si476x-prop.c
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/si476x-core.h
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/si476x-platform.h
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/si476x-reports.h
>  delete mode 100644 include/media/drv-intf/si476x.h
>  delete mode 100644 sound/soc/codecs/si476x.c
> 
```
