Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] staging: sm750fb: remove dead VALIDATION_CHIP code

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 06:20:56AM +0000, Nils Lehnen wrote:
> VALIDATION_CHIP is defined nowhere in the tree, yet fourteen
> preprocessor conditionals in the sm750fb DDK files still test it.
> Patch 1 resolves all of them (dead branches dropped, always-true
> branches kept), as the driver TODO asks under "remove unused code";
> patch 2 cleans up the indentation and blank lines the removal leaves
> behind.
> 
> Verification, both patches: the disassembly of all ten sm750fb object
> files (objdump -d, x86, CONFIG_FB_SM750=m) is bit-identical across the
> series. Compile-tested only; no SM750 hardware available.
> 
> All English text in this series (cover letter, commit messages, code
> comments) was translated from a German draft with the assistance of
> Claude Fable 5.
> 
> v2: resend of v1 -- patch 1/2 of v1 arrived with an empty subject due
> to a local send mishap; no code changes.
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Please wait a day or so between new versions, gives people a chance to
review what you sent and you to make changes based on it.

thanks,

greg k-h