The Atmel ISC and XISC drivers were deprecated and scheduled
for removal by the beginning of 2026. The replacement drivers
(VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC and VIDEO_MICROCHIP_XISC) are available
in the main media subsystem.

Remove the Kconfig entries, Makefile rules, MAINTAINERS entries,
and the STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED menuconfig since it is no longer
needed. The source files remain on disk but are no longer compiled
since the build infrastructure is removed.

Signed-off-by: Ashwin Gundarapu <linuxuser509@zohomail.in>
---
 MAINTAINERS                                   |  2 -
 drivers/staging/media/Kconfig                 | 18 +------
 drivers/staging/media/Makefile                |  1 -
 .../staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig    | 47 -------------------
 .../staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile   |  8 ----
 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 75 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 27a073f53cea..4290eae8838e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17364,8 +17364,6 @@ F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/atmel,isc.yaml
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/microchip,xisc.yaml
 F:	drivers/media/platform/microchip/microchip-isc*
 F:	drivers/media/platform/microchip/microchip-sama*-isc*
-F:	drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/atmel-isc*
-F:	drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/atmel-sama*-isc*
 F:	include/linux/atmel-isc-media.h

 MICROCHIP ISI DRIVER
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
index 1aa31bddf970..52b4aab944f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
@@ -38,20 +38,4 @@ source "drivers/staging/media/sunxi/Kconfig"

 source "drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/Kconfig"

-menuconfig STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED
-	bool "Media staging drivers (DEPRECATED)"
-	default n
-	help
-	  This option enables deprecated media drivers that are
-	  scheduled for future removal from the kernel.
-
-	  If you wish to work on these drivers to prevent their removal,
-	  then contact the linux-media@vger.kernel.org mailing list.
-
-	  If in doubt, say N here.
-
-if STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED
-source "drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig"
-endif
-
-endif
+endif # STAGING_MEDIA
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/Makefile b/drivers/staging/media/Makefile
index 6f78b0edde1e..6fd7179733d8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE)	+= deprecated/atmel/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_ATOMISP)     += atomisp/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_IMX_MEDIA)	+= imx/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_MAX96712)	+= max96712/
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 418841ea5a0d..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-comment "Atmel media platform drivers"
-
-config VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC
-	tristate "ATMEL Image Sensor Controller (ISC) support (DEPRECATED)"
-	depends on V4L_PLATFORM_DRIVERS
-	depends on VIDEO_DEV && COMMON_CLK
-	depends on ARCH_AT91 || COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on !VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC_BASE || COMPILE_TEST
-	select MEDIA_CONTROLLER
-	select VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
-	select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG
-	select REGMAP_MMIO
-	select V4L2_FWNODE
-	select VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE
-	help
-	   This module makes the ATMEL Image Sensor Controller available
-	   as a v4l2 device.
-
-	   This driver is deprecated and is scheduled for removal by
-	   the beginning of 2026. See the TODO file for more information.
-
-config VIDEO_ATMEL_XISC
-	tristate "ATMEL eXtended Image Sensor Controller (XISC) support (DEPRECATED)"
-	depends on V4L_PLATFORM_DRIVERS
-	depends on VIDEO_DEV && COMMON_CLK
-	depends on ARCH_AT91 || COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on !VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC_BASE || COMPILE_TEST
-	select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG
-	select REGMAP_MMIO
-	select V4L2_FWNODE
-	select VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE
-	select MEDIA_CONTROLLER
-	select VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API
-	help
-	   This module makes the ATMEL eXtended Image Sensor Controller
-	   available as a v4l2 device.
-
-	   This driver is deprecated and is scheduled for removal by
-	   the beginning of 2026. See the TODO file for more information.
-
-config VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE
-	tristate
-	default n
-	help
-	  ATMEL ISC and XISC common code base.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile b/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 34eaeeac5bba..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-atmel-isc-objs = atmel-sama5d2-isc.o
-atmel-xisc-objs = atmel-sama7g5-isc.o
-atmel-isc-common-objs = atmel-isc-base.o atmel-isc-clk.o
-
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC_BASE) += atmel-isc-common.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_ISC) += atmel-isc.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_ATMEL_XISC) += atmel-xisc.o
--
2.43.0

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 05:46:56PM +0530, Ashwin Gundarapu wrote:
> The Atmel ISC and XISC drivers were deprecated and scheduled
> for removal by the beginning of 2026. The replacement drivers
> (VIDEO_MICROCHIP_ISC and VIDEO_MICROCHIP_XISC) are available
> in the main media subsystem.
> 
> Remove the Kconfig entries, Makefile rules, MAINTAINERS entries,
> and the STAGING_MEDIA_DEPRECATED menuconfig since it is no longer
> needed. The source files remain on disk but are no longer compiled
> since the build infrastructure is removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashwin Gundarapu <linuxuser509@zohomail.in>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  2 -
>  drivers/staging/media/Kconfig                 | 18 +------
>  drivers/staging/media/Makefile                |  1 -
>  .../staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig    | 47 -------------------
>  .../staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile   |  8 ----
>  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 75 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Kconfig
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/deprecated/atmel/Makefile

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