From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
eric miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>,
Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com>
Subject: [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 9/9] gpiolib: deprecate obsolete pca9539 driver
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:59:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200712281959.50000.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200712281927.32575.david-b@pacbell.net>
From: eric miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>
Use drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
Signed-off-by: eric miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com>
Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
---
Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 | 3 +++
drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- at91.orig/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
+++ at91/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
Kernel driver pca9539
=====================
+NOTE: this driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon, use
+drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
+
Supported chips:
* Philips PCA9539
Prefix: 'pca9539'
--- at91.orig/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
+++ at91/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ config SENSORS_PCF8574
hardware. If unsure, say N.
config SENSORS_PCA9539
- tristate "Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port (DEPRECATED)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && GPIO_PCA9539 = "n"
help
If you say yes here you get support for the Philips PCA9539
16-bit I/O port.
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ config SENSORS_PCA9539
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
will be called pca9539.
+ This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use
+ drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
+
config SENSORS_PCF8591
tristate "Philips PCF8591"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-29 4:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <200712281927.32575.david-b@pacbell.net>
2007-12-29 3:53 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 1/9] gpiolib: add drivers/gpio directory David Brownell
2007-12-29 6:58 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-29 18:19 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 19:03 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-05 20:07 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:54 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 2/9] gpiolib: add gpio provider infrastructure David Brownell
2007-12-29 7:10 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-29 18:35 ` David Brownell
2008-01-05 20:08 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:55 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 3/9] gpiolib: update Documentation/gpio.txt David Brownell
2008-01-05 20:09 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:56 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 4/9] gpiolib: avr32 at32ap platform support David Brownell
2008-01-05 20:10 ` David Brownell
2008-01-05 20:49 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-01-05 22:09 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:57 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 5/9] gpiolib: pxa " David Brownell
2008-01-05 20:11 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:58 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 6/9] gpiolib: pcf857x i2c gpio expander support David Brownell
2008-01-05 20:13 ` David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:58 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 7/9] gpiolib: mcp23s08 spi " David Brownell
2007-12-29 3:58 ` [patch 2.6.24-rc6-mm 8/9] gpiolib: pca9539 i2c " David Brownell
2008-01-02 13:46 ` Jean Delvare
2008-01-04 1:41 ` David Brownell
2008-01-05 19:40 ` David Brownell
2008-01-06 12:59 ` Jean Delvare
2007-12-29 3:59 ` David Brownell [this message]
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