Re: [PATCH 07/14] mfd: remove unused lp8788 driver

From
Sebastian Reichel <hidden>
Date
2026-09-09 15:46:57
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Reply to
Arnd Bergmann, 2026-09-09
Hi,

On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 03:21:44PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

This driver was apparently never used upstream, and without devicetree
support cannot be used by external board support.

The MAINTAINER entry was already removed in 2021 as the email address
bounced.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig               |   9 -
 drivers/iio/adc/Makefile              |   1 -
 drivers/iio/adc/lp8788_adc.c          | 219 --------
 drivers/leds/Kconfig                  |   7 -
 drivers/leds/Makefile                 |   1 -
 drivers/leds/leds-lp8788.c            | 171 ------
 drivers/mfd/Kconfig                   |  10 -
 drivers/mfd/Makefile                  |   1 -
 drivers/mfd/lp8788-irq.c              | 194 -------
 drivers/mfd/lp8788.c                  | 246 ---------
 drivers/power/supply/Kconfig          |   8 -
 drivers/power/supply/Makefile         |   1 -
 drivers/power/supply/lp8788-charger.c | 730 --------------------------
 drivers/regulator/Kconfig             |   6 -
 drivers/regulator/Makefile            |   2 -
 drivers/regulator/lp8788-buck.c       | 541 -------------------
 drivers/regulator/lp8788-ldo.c        | 640 ----------------------
 drivers/rtc/Kconfig                   |   6 -
 drivers/rtc/rtc-lp8788.c              | 322 ------------
 drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig       |   6 -
 drivers/video/backlight/Makefile      |   1 -
 drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c   | 190 -------
 include/linux/mfd/lp8788-isink.h      |  48 --
 include/linux/mfd/lp8788.h            | 289 ----------
 24 files changed, 3649 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/iio/adc/lp8788_adc.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/leds/leds-lp8788.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/lp8788-irq.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/mfd/lp8788.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/power/supply/lp8788-charger.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/regulator/lp8788-buck.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/regulator/lp8788-ldo.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/rtc/rtc-lp8788.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
 delete mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/lp8788-isink.h
 delete mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/lp8788.h
Acked-by: Sebastian Reichel <redacted>

-- Sebastian

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