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Schedule removal of the legacy i2c device driver binding model

PATCH New Jean Delvare 1 participant 1 message Oct 18, 2008

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PATCH 1/1 Schedule removal of the legacy i2c device driver binding model

The legacy i2c device driver binding model is superseded by the standard model, so it's time to deprecate it and schedule it for removal.

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 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |    8 ++++++++
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +8 -0
@@ -359,3 +359,11 @@ Why:  The 2.6 kernel supports direct wri
       eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more
       efficient in every way.
 Who:  FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
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+---------------------------
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+What:	i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client()
+When:	2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely)
+Why:	Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use
+	i2c_driver->probe() and ->remove() instead.
+Who:	Jean Delvare <[email protected]>
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