Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/sony-laptop: Remove unused sony laptop camera code

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Mon May 05 2025 - 08:05:22 EST


On Mon, 5 May 2025, linux@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit ba47652ba655 ("media: meye: remove this deprecated driver")
> removed the meye driver but left behind the code in sony-laptop.c
> which that driver used to call.
>
> Remove the sony_pic_camera_command() function, and the set of
> defines (SONY_PIC_COMMAND_*) in a header used for the interface
> and the static helpers it called.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 -
> drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c | 135 -----------------------------
> include/linux/sony-laptop.h | 39 ---------
> 3 files changed, 175 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 include/linux/sony-laptop.h
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 2aed76827090..6c865b5d8fae 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -22671,7 +22671,6 @@ W: http://www.linux.it/~malattia/wiki/index.php/Sony_drivers
> F: Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sony-laptop.rst
> F: drivers/char/sonypi.c
> F: drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> -F: include/linux/sony-laptop.h
>
> SOPHGO DEVICETREES and DRIVERS
> M: Chen Wang <unicorn_wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> index b52390fbd743..4efd0d7031a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/sonypi.h>
> -#include <linux/sony-laptop.h>
> #include <linux/rfkill.h>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SONYPI_COMPAT
> #include <linux/poll.h>
> @@ -3619,22 +3618,6 @@ static u8 sony_pic_call2(u8 dev, u8 fn)
> return v1;
> }
>
> -static u8 sony_pic_call3(u8 dev, u8 fn, u8 v)
> -{
> - u8 v1;
> -
> - wait_on_command(inb_p(spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum + 4) & 2, ITERATIONS_LONG);
> - outb(dev, spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum + 4);
> - wait_on_command(inb_p(spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum + 4) & 2, ITERATIONS_LONG);
> - outb(fn, spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum);
> - wait_on_command(inb_p(spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum + 4) & 2, ITERATIONS_LONG);
> - outb(v, spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum);
> - v1 = inb_p(spic_dev.cur_ioport->io1.minimum);
> - dprintk("sony_pic_call3(0x%.2x - 0x%.2x - 0x%.2x): 0x%.4x\n",
> - dev, fn, v, v1);
> - return v1;
> -}
> -
> /*
> * minidrivers for SPIC models
> */
> @@ -3754,124 +3737,6 @@ static void sony_pic_detect_device_type(struct sony_pic_dev *dev)
> #define SONYPI_CAMERA_REVISION 8
> #define SONYPI_CAMERA_ROMVERSION 9
>
> -static int __sony_pic_camera_ready(void)
> -{
> - u8 v;
> -
> - v = sony_pic_call2(0x8f, SONYPI_CAMERA_STATUS);
> - return (v != 0xff && (v & SONYPI_CAMERA_STATUS_READY));
> -}
> -
> -static int __sony_pic_camera_off(void)
> -{
> - if (!camera) {
> - pr_warn("camera control not enabled\n");
> - return -ENODEV;
> - }
> -
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_PICTURE,
> - SONYPI_CAMERA_MUTE_MASK),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> -
> - if (spic_dev.camera_power) {
> - sony_pic_call2(0x91, 0);
> - spic_dev.camera_power = 0;
> - }
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -static int __sony_pic_camera_on(void)
> -{
> - int i, j, x;
> -
> - if (!camera) {
> - pr_warn("camera control not enabled\n");
> - return -ENODEV;
> - }
> -
> - if (spic_dev.camera_power)
> - return 0;
> -
> - for (j = 5; j > 0; j--) {
> -
> - for (x = 0; x < 100 && sony_pic_call2(0x91, 0x1); x++)
> - msleep(10);
> - sony_pic_call1(0x93);
> -
> - for (i = 400; i > 0; i--) {
> - if (__sony_pic_camera_ready())
> - break;
> - msleep(10);
> - }
> - if (i)
> - break;
> - }
> -
> - if (j == 0) {
> - pr_warn("failed to power on camera\n");
> - return -ENODEV;
> - }
> -
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_CONTROL,
> - 0x5a),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> -
> - spic_dev.camera_power = 1;
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -/* External camera command (exported to the motion eye v4l driver) */
> -int sony_pic_camera_command(int command, u8 value)
> -{
> - if (!camera)
> - return -EIO;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&spic_dev.lock);
> -
> - switch (command) {
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERA:
> - if (value)
> - __sony_pic_camera_on();
> - else
> - __sony_pic_camera_off();
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERABRIGHTNESS:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_BRIGHTNESS, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERACONTRAST:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_CONTRAST, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERAHUE:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_HUE, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERACOLOR:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_COLOR, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERASHARPNESS:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_SHARPNESS, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERAPICTURE:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_PICTURE, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);
> - break;
> - case SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERAAGC:
> - wait_on_command(sony_pic_call3(0x90, SONYPI_CAMERA_AGC, value),
> - ITERATIONS_SHORT);

Hi,

Shouldn't sony_pic_call3() be removed too? AFAICT, all users are gone
after this removal?

And what about SONYPI_CAMERA_* ? Also SONYPI_DIRECTION_BACKWARDS that is
among the CAMERA defs seems unused.

--
i.


> - break;
> - default:
> - pr_err("sony_pic_camera_command invalid: %d\n", command);
> - break;
> - }
> - mutex_unlock(&spic_dev.lock);
> - return 0;
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(sony_pic_camera_command);
> -
> /* gprs/edge modem (SZ460N and SZ210P), thanks to Joshua Wise */
> static void __sony_pic_set_wwanpower(u8 state)
> {
> diff --git a/include/linux/sony-laptop.h b/include/linux/sony-laptop.h
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 1e3c92feea6e..000000000000
> --- a/include/linux/sony-laptop.h
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> -#ifndef _SONYLAPTOP_H_
> -#define _SONYLAPTOP_H_
> -
> -#include <linux/types.h>
> -
> -#ifdef __KERNEL__
> -
> -/* used only for communication between v4l and sony-laptop */
> -
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERA 1 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERA 2
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERABRIGHTNESS 3 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERABRIGHTNESS 4
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERACONTRAST 5 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERACONTRAST 6
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERAHUE 7 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERAHUE 8
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERACOLOR 9 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERACOLOR 10
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERASHARPNESS 11 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERASHARPNESS 12
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERAPICTURE 13 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERAPICTURE 14
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERAAGC 15 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_SETCAMERAAGC 16
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERADIRECTION 17 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERAROMVERSION 18 /* obsolete */
> -#define SONY_PIC_COMMAND_GETCAMERAREVISION 19 /* obsolete */
> -
> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP)
> -int sony_pic_camera_command(int command, u8 value);
> -#else
> -static inline int sony_pic_camera_command(int command, u8 value) { return 0; }
> -#endif
> -
> -#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> -
> -#endif /* _SONYLAPTOP_H_ */
>