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From: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Linux I2C <i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: [PATCH] i2c: chips subdirectory is deprecated
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:55:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080310215506.1bdfd9fe@hyperion.delvare> (raw)

Let driver authors know that drivers/i2c/chips is usually the wrong place
for new drivers.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
---
 drivers/i2c/chips/Makefile |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- linux-2.6.25-rc5.orig/drivers/i2c/chips/Makefile	2008-02-11 09:48:54.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.25-rc5/drivers/i2c/chips/Makefile	2008-03-10 21:50:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #
 # Makefile for miscellaneous I2C chip drivers.
 #
+# Think twice before you add a new driver to this directory.
+# Device drivers are better grouped according to the functionality they
+# implement rather than to the bus they are connected to. In particular:
+# * Hardware monitoring chip drivers go to drivers/hwmon
+# * RTC chip drivers go to drivers/rtc
+# * I/O expander drivers go to drivers/gpio
+#
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DS1682)		+= ds1682.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_EEPROM)	+= eeprom.o


-- 
Jean Delvare

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