From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bart Van Assche Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] i2c/chips: Remove deprecated pcf8575-driver Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:52:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1252531371-14866-1-git-send-email-w.sang@pengutronix.de> <1252531371-14866-3-git-send-email-w.sang@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1252531371-14866-3-git-send-email-w.sang-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Wolfram Sang Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linuxppc-dev-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-mips-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org, uclinux-dist-devel-ZG0+EudsQA8dtHy/vicBwGD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, Jean Delvare List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Wolfram Sang w= rote: > > The pcf8575-driver in drivers/i2c/chips which just exports its regist= er to > sysfs is superseeded by drivers/gpio/pcf857x.c which properly uses th= e gpiolib. > As this driver has been deprecated for more than a year, finally remo= ve it. > > Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang > Cc: Bart Van Assche > Cc: Jean Delvare > --- > =A0Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8575 | =A0 69 -------------- > =A0drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig =A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 18 ---- > =A0drivers/i2c/chips/Makefile =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A01 - > =A0drivers/i2c/chips/pcf8575.c =A0 =A0 | =A0198 ---------------------= ------------------ > =A04 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 286 deletions(-) > =A0delete mode 100644 Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8575 > =A0delete mode 100644 drivers/i2c/chips/pcf8575.c This patch removes the documentation file Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8575 while there is no documentation under Documentation/ for the drivers/gpio/pcf857x.c driver. Shouldn't proper documentation for the pcf857x driver be added to the kernel tree before the pcf8575 driver is removed ? Bart.