From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 21:26:34 +0000 (+0200) Subject: i2c: Obsolete i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~30231^2~5 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11de70bd4d40a1a39c1133b260bfbd6306e981d3;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git i2c: Obsolete i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c The new generic i2c-gpio driver should be used instead. The obsolete drivers will be removed in September 2007. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@plexity.net> Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> --- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c4b3bdad15d8..547663bdae8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -306,3 +306,11 @@ Why: Code was merged, then submitter immediately disappeared leaving Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --------------------------- + +What: i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers +When: September 2007 +Why: Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific + I2C-over-GPIO drivers. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +--------------------------- diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig index 2178c9bebfc9..e4f1a463f41a 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ config I2C_ISA tristate config I2C_IXP4XX - tristate "IXP4xx GPIO-Based I2C Interface" + tristate "IXP4xx GPIO-Based I2C Interface (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_IXP4XX select I2C_ALGOBIT help @@ -250,8 +250,11 @@ config I2C_IXP4XX This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called i2c-ixp4xx. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use i2c-gpio + instead. + config I2C_IXP2000 - tristate "IXP2000 GPIO-Based I2C Interface" + tristate "IXP2000 GPIO-Based I2C Interface (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_IXP2000 select I2C_ALGOBIT help @@ -261,6 +264,9 @@ config I2C_IXP2000 This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called i2c-ixp2000. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use i2c-gpio + instead. + config I2C_POWERMAC tristate "Powermac I2C interface" depends on PPC_PMAC @@ -426,7 +432,7 @@ config I2C_SIMTEC will be called i2c-simtec. config SCx200_I2C - tristate "NatSemi SCx200 I2C using GPIO pins" + tristate "NatSemi SCx200 I2C using GPIO pins (DEPRECATED)" depends on SCx200_GPIO select I2C_ALGOBIT help @@ -437,6 +443,9 @@ config SCx200_I2C This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called scx200_i2c. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use i2c-gpio + (or scx200_acb) instead. + config SCx200_I2C_SCL int "GPIO pin used for SCL" depends on SCx200_I2C