From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: [PATCH] keywest: Convert to new-style i2c driver Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:33:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20090420225659.7b92a184@hyperion.delvare> <18924.63578.495727.152443@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de (cantor2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD532458B for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:33:43 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <18924.63578.495727.152443@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Paul Mackerras Cc: Jean Delvare , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:34:02 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > > Jean Delvare writes: > > > Takashi, please push this patch to Linus quickly, as this is blocking > > the removal of the legacy i2c binding model, which is scheduled for > > 2.6.30. > > I really don't think you can remove it from Linus' tree at this stage > in the 2.6.30 cycle. If it was going to be removed it should have > been removed in the merge window. Removing it now has too much risk > of introducing regressions in my opinion. > > I presume you have a development tree where you queue up commits for > the i2c subsystem for the next merge window. I suggest you do the > removal there now (or whenever you like) and push it to Linus in the > next merge window. At least, the conversion patch Jean posted can be in 2.6.30, I think. As the old API is marked deprecated, it should be fixed sooner or later. Whether to remove the whole old i2c-binding in 2.6.30 is a different question, although I myself feel it's feasible. thanks, Takashi