[PATCH] video: acornfb: remove unused code for 26-bit hardware

Helge Deller deller at gmx.de
Tue Sep 15 00:12:27 PDT 2026


On 9/15/26 07:20, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> The acornfb driver contains code to support machines with a MEMC chip
> and without IOMD and VIDC20 chips. All 32-bit Acorn hardware has IOMD
> and VIDC20 chips and does not have a MEMC chip.
> 
> Linux formerly supported 26-bit Acorn computers, but that support was
> removed in commit 99eb8a550dbc ("Remove the arm26 port") because it had
> bitrotted to the extent that it did not even compile.
> 
> Remove this unused code. Also take the opportunity to remove incorrect
> file paths in the file headers, which are bad style regardless.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore at gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/acornfb.c | 57 +++++++++--------------------------
>   drivers/video/fbdev/acornfb.h |  8 +----
>   2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
applied.

Thanks!
Helge



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