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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] staging: sm750fb: remove 750LE code
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 07:33:28PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 02:22:36PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 06:47:40PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > > 750LE is a special version of the hardware with Ip Core and
> > > Silicon Motion is making this hardware only for Huawei. It is not
> > > available to anyone else.
> >
> > And Huawei doesn't run Linux? (hint, they do...)
> >
> > Why remove this if someone can use it? I don't understand.
>
> this is part of my conversation with Teddy Wang of Silicon Motion:
> "I think you can remove it . SM750LE is a special version. And it's
> just a IP core. No one except huawei will use it."
>
> and moreover I donot have that 750LE hardware to test any changes.
> I just have the SM712 and SM750 hardware. so ....
>
> now, whatever you decide .. I will surely like to have the code in
> place.

I suggest to leave it, it's not costing anything to keep around, and I
think you removed additional code with this patch anyway, which wasn't
good...

thanks,

greg k-h


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