Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled i2c-rpx removal

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Thu Jul 12 2007 - 07:51:29 EST


Hi again Adrian,

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:03:48 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:57:24 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > This patch contains the scheduled removal of the i2c-rpx driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 -
> > Documentation/i2c/summary | 1
> > drivers/i2c/algos/Kconfig | 4
> > drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig | 5 -
> > drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile | 1
> > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rpx.c | 101 ---------------------
> > 6 files changed, 120 deletions(-)
>
> I already have a patch doing this in my tree.
>
> Also note that the entry in feature-removal-schedule.txt never made it
> to mainline (it was in -mm only), so it can't be removed.
>
> In theory there is a driver rewrite in progress, so my plan is to
> include this removal patch into -mm for now, and send it to Linus only
> for 2.6.24 if I don't receive an acceptable driver meanwhile.

I've changed my mind. The new driver will be so much bigger and
different from the current i2c-rpx driver that there's hardly any
benefit in keeping the old driver around. So I'll push this cleanup
patch to Linus for 2.6.23.

--
Jean Delvare
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