Re: [PATCH] MIPS: remove three unused headers

From: Paul Bolle
Date: Wed Jun 13 2012 - 17:53:47 EST


On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 15:56 +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:03:12AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
>
> > No file includes these three headers. It seems they have never been
> > included since at least v2.6.12-rc2. They can safely be removed.
>
> > arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250_l2c.h | 131 -------
> > arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250_ldt.h | 422 ----------------------
> > arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250_mc.h | 550 -----------------------------
>
> These headers describe the on-chip hardware of the SB1250 SOC. Some of
> the drivers to use them are currently stuck midflight on their path to
> submission.

OK, I see. Thanks.

> The remaining ones I'd like to keep around as documentation
> or for later use.

I'd say that arch/mips/include/ is were one puts code and
Documentation/mips/ is were one puts documentation. Can't the unused
header files you want to keep (preferably with, say, a .txt extension)
be added to Documentation/mips/?

> Ditto for your other BCM1480 related patch....

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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