[PATCH v2] drm/sitronix: Remove broken backwards-compatibility layer

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Tue May 20 14:42:06 UTC 2025


Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be> writes:

Hello Geert,

> When moving the Sitronix DRM drivers and renaming their Kconfig symbols,
> the old symbols were kept, aiming to provide a seamless migration path
> when running "make olddefconfig" or "make oldconfig".
>
> However, the old compatibility symbols are not visible.  Hence unless
> they are selected by another symbol (which they are not), they can never
> be enabled, and no backwards compatibility is provided.
>
> Drop the broken mechanism and the old symbols.
>
> Fixes: 9b8f32002cddf792 ("drm/sitronix: move tiny Sitronix drivers to their own subdir")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> ---

Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat



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