[PATCH 1/4] ASoC: codec: Remove ak4641

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 08:44:57PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:

> Since commit d6df7df7ae5a0 ("ARM: pxa: remove unused board files"), there
> has been no in-tree user of the AK4641 codec driver. The last user
> (HP iPAQ hx4700) was a non-DT PXA board file that instantiated the device
> via I2C board data; that code was removed as part of the PXA board-file
> purge.
> 
> The AK4641 driver was introduced ~2011 and still probes only via the I2C
> device-ID table ('.id_table'), without an 'of_match_table', so there are
> no upstream Devicetree users to retain. With no in-tree users left, remove
> the driver.

Yep, and if needed they may resurrect it, clean up and resubmit using proper
(modern) APIs.

Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at intel.com>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko