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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

      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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