From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from kraid.nerim.net (smtp-102-tuesday.nerim.net [62.4.16.102]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9999DDD0A for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:19:37 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:19:34 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Kumar Gala , Paul Mackerras Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled I2C RTC driver removal Message-ID: <20071127111934.12c76cdd@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <20071102231243.61c39d23@hyperion.delvare> References: <20071031230357.GW7227@stusta.de> <20071102231243.61c39d23@hyperion.delvare> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, i2c@lm-sensors.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:12:43 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:03:58 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > This patch contains the scheduled removal of legacy I2C RTC drivers with > > replacement drivers. > > (...) > > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 > > arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_mds.c | 24 - > > arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc834x_mds.c | 24 - > > arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_mds.c | 24 - > > arch/ppc/platforms/83xx/mpc834x_sys.c | 20 - > > arch/ppc/platforms/85xx/tqm85xx.c | 21 - > > arch/ppc/platforms/katana.c | 21 - > > drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig | 38 - > > drivers/i2c/chips/Makefile | 3 > > drivers/i2c/chips/ds1337.c | 410 -------------------- > > drivers/i2c/chips/ds1374.c | 267 ------------- > > drivers/i2c/chips/m41t00.c | 413 --------------------- > > include/linux/m41t00.h | 50 -- > > 13 files changed, 1322 deletions(-) > > Obviously we're not yet ready to remove the drivers, as some platforms > still use them! The remaining platforms need to be updated to use the > new RTC drivers first. The mapping is as follows: > > chip | old driver | new driver | > -----------+------------+--------------+ > DS1337 | ds1337 | rtc-ds1307 | > DS1339 | ds1337 | rtc-ds1307 | > DS1374 | ds1374 | rtc-ds1374 | > M41T00 | m41t00 | rtc-ds1307 | > M41T81 | m41t00 | rtc-m41t80 | > M41ST85 | m41t00 | rtc-m41t80 | > > So, PPC people, please update your platform code to make use of the new > drivers now, and let me know when you're done. As soon as all platforms > are converted, I'll apply Adrian's patch. As of 2.6.24-rc3-git2, I see that the references to the obsolete drivers have been removed from arch/powerpc/*. Great, I'll update Adrian's patch. This leaves only 3 platforms under arch/ppc (83xx, 85xx and katana) that still need updating. Kumar, Paul, what's the status? Thanks, -- Jean Delvare