Input: gpio_tilt - delete driver

This driver was merged in 2011 as a tool for detecting the orientation
of a screen. The device driver assumes board file setup using the
platform data from <linux/input/gpio_tilt.h>. But no boards in the
kernel tree defines this platform data.

As I am faced with refactoring drivers to use GPIO descriptors and
pass decriptor tables from boards, or use the device tree device
drivers like these creates a serious problem: I cannot fix them and
cannot test them, not even compile-test them with a system actually
using it (no in-tree boardfile).

I suggest to delete this driver and rewrite it using device tree if
it is still in use on actively maintained systems.

I can also offer to rewrite it out of the blue using device tree if
someone promise to test it and help me iterate it.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Heiko Stuebner <[email protected]>
Patchwork-Id: 10133609
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>

Author: linusw

Documentation/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.txt

@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ hardware descriptions such as device tree or ACPI:
 - gpio-beeper: drivers/input/misc/gpio-beeper.c is used to provide a beep from
   an external speaker connected to a GPIO line.
 
-- gpio-tilt-polled: drivers/input/misc/gpio_tilt_polled.c provides tilt
-  detection switches using GPIO, which is useful for your homebrewn pinball
-  machine if for nothing else. It can detect different tilt angles of the
-  monitored object.
-
 - extcon-gpio: drivers/extcon/extcon-gpio.c is used when you need to read an
   external connector status, such as a headset line for an audio driver or an
   HDMI connector. It will provide a better userspace sysfs interface than GPIO.

Documentation/input/devices/gpio-tilt.rst

@@ -268,20 +268,6 @@ config INPUT_GPIO_BEEPER
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called gpio-beeper.
 
-config INPUT_GPIO_TILT_POLLED
-	tristate "Polled GPIO tilt switch"
-	depends on GPIOLIB || COMPILE_TEST
-	select INPUT_POLLDEV
-	help
-	  This driver implements support for tilt switches connected
-	  to GPIO pins that are not capable of generating interrupts.
-
-	  The list of gpios to use and the mapping of their states
-	  to specific angles is done via platform data.
-
-	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
-	  module will be called gpio_tilt_polled.
-
 config INPUT_GPIO_DECODER
 	tristate "Polled GPIO Decoder Input driver"
 	depends on GPIOLIB || COMPILE_TEST

drivers/input/misc/Kconfig

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_DRV2665_HAPTICS)	+= drv2665.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_DRV2667_HAPTICS)	+= drv2667.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_GP2A)		+= gp2ap002a00f.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_GPIO_BEEPER)		+= gpio-beeper.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_GPIO_TILT_POLLED)	+= gpio_tilt_polled.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_GPIO_DECODER)	+= gpio_decoder.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_HISI_POWERKEY)	+= hisi_powerkey.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HP_SDC_RTC)		+= hp_sdc_rtc.o