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

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:51:39 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	i2c@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled i2c-rpx removal

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@...sta.de>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> >  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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