Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753441AbXLSIpS (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:45:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751306AbXLSIpE (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:45:04 -0500 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]:10705 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751050AbXLSIpB (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:45:01 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=wJeaaSkxcf3lFoDyDKWssnNRYOPn8Ruk9fTVLqO+X1tgBaW457jIdsaYbgkAO9Qc272954Eo6rpVQhaKGT4+tcpKHb1XpFlarROu6zsVFjB2dHztSUybSoCkhQcRQR/FggYSbc3RA+FniygXS2XEpNNa/nDGaWi5xg6Yfth6Jc0= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:45:00 +0800 From: "eric miao" To: "Jean Delvare" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc5-mm 3/3] gpiolib: obsolete drivers/i2c/chips/pca9539.c Cc: "David Brownell" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, i2c@lm-sensors.org, bgardner@wabtec.com In-Reply-To: <20071218154004.738e7894@hyperion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071216204214.01fd7a16@hyperion.delvare> <20071217180953.1BB8E16AF21@adsl-69-226-248-13.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net> <20071217212953.260f7826@hyperion.delvare> <20071218154004.738e7894@hyperion.delvare> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2214 Lines: 68 Updated as follows, the driver name is left unchanged, while Kconfig and Documentation are modified so that 1. mark it as deprecated 2. exclusive selection of SENSOR_PCA9539 and GPIO_PCA9539 >From c58dc1119355dc94d80763aef9d9bc999abda6df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eric miao Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:40:04 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] gpiolib: mark drivers/i2c/chips/pca9539.c as deprecated use drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead. Signed-off-by: eric miao Acked-by: Ben Gardner --- Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 | 3 +++ drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 index c4fce6a..1d81c53 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ Kernel driver pca9539 ===================== +NOTE: this driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon, use +drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead. + Supported chips: * Philips PCA9539 Prefix: 'pca9539' diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig index 2e1c24f..54fd302 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ config SENSORS_PCF8574 hardware. If unsure, say N. config SENSORS_PCA9539 - tristate "Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + tristate "Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port (DEPRECATED)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !GPIO_PCA9539 help If you say yes here you get support for the Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port. @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ config SENSORS_PCA9539 This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called pca9539. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use + drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead. + config SENSORS_PCF8591 tristate "Philips PCF8591" depends on EXPERIMENTAL -- 1.5.2.5.GIT Cheers - eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/