From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.zeus03.de (zeus03.de [194.117.254.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 973EB219F6 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2024 09:06:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=194.117.254.33 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725181567; cv=none; b=pPtbDZLgv8RkcNDwU38+vejR0NW6+DCd2r6OpijeVLXafpXbLiz2/5IrBpR0299gu7ro4XQEjVia32v68sApYqy9ghHvQa7y9/DUF7AYZHgl4Gz4Uv/vItXf00C4sSK+6aEO/RUvWxmNtuV/sWecTeMMp72n7XFbEjSutW5UM+s= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725181567; c=relaxed/simple; bh=JbRj0S4cXJkTCuvLVUy+st0KE3v7mFsjwstlsAJ0DxY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=K8JGt4uLw9ETkwT69Ioyk+nIn4kFuuOMQX9GEY4idTM7f1CRwyWa68z2WslDDWWAsh8I5vOyy0ztGcj+04Cumq3JvLnZXRNqeREAzG5EoQOe6xCMZy1qDajH0y7KzIyPiJs+wzkHDJm091BLawCS59wcRatjLfLZRLdbn18qznM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sang-engineering.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sang-engineering.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=sang-engineering.com header.i=@sang-engineering.com header.b=aDwOEJ+J; arc=none smtp.client-ip=194.117.254.33 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sang-engineering.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sang-engineering.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=sang-engineering.com header.i=@sang-engineering.com header.b="aDwOEJ+J" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= sang-engineering.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=k1; bh=0hRX rnbKF7M8PIk7KFSyn9LMF88mAbmDVThypvmr++k=; b=aDwOEJ+JynEF1tGADNLH fWC6n5Dvg021L8WdzXLkUJ8GzHNg97EEjipknyLGJ73Mu5wBBlT0KhKGVeDS5NCN X83EaPRz2nahvIKLl5EJg9/lkibDKKsoRztli8znxsEBJ4sTtJtx9FGw3UBgU0CU GrHN21CjSHmanEVHwSubOS8Y1Lxxur+Xs98CTdRnSH7fD+1/+81B5Y40T2vjiQlN BZBx12goC2EwLpyJsS4JvtANDc6Umpnxp5lyy2TrsLh6TMLYriIx4yPV8j+acy/6 N4fyJOtdkyFvRmmdi5/2LvcPo1Eqh6G//97aIfbcLoZeM8hsuJBptCl24EShgk+G dQ== Received: (qmail 3759561 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2024 11:06:00 +0200 Received: by mail.zeus03.de with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted, authenticated); 1 Sep 2024 11:06:00 +0200 X-UD-Smtp-Session: l3s3148p1@yQQWIgshBMtegkeE Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 11:06:00 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: Heiner Kallweit , Jean Delvare Cc: "linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Remove I2C_COMPAT config symbol and related code Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Wolfram Sang , Heiner Kallweit , Jean Delvare , "linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org" References: <80c4a898-5867-4162-ac85-bdf7c7c68746@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/loQt6fj1+N8j0uX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80c4a898-5867-4162-ac85-bdf7c7c68746@gmail.com> --/loQt6fj1+N8j0uX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi Heiner, On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 10:13:04PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > This code was added with 2bb5095affdb ("i2c: Provide compatibility links > for i2c adapters"). Commit message stated: Provide compatibility links > for [...] the time being. We will remove them after a long transition > period. > 15 years should have been a long enough transition period. Well, in general, I totally agree. It seems, however, that this slipped through the cracks. My Debian kernelconfig has I2C_COMPAT still enabled, so I am reluctant to remove it from one kernel release to the next. I wonder if we need some printout that it is really going away for a few kernel releases. Opinions? Jean? 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