linux-kernel - Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt for some I2C functions

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:06:03 +0100
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt for some I2C functions

Hi Mauro,

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:26:17 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Hi Jean,
> 
> On your entry at Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt:
> 
> 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 <khali@...ux-fr.org>
> 
> You forgot to add a check entry, like:
> Check: i2c_attach_client i2c_detach_client i2c_driver->detach_client
> 
> The check entry is used by checkpatch.pl to warn about the usage of a legacy function.
> 
> Please fix it, since me and others rely on this tool to discover about the
> usage of legacy functions.

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about this. Is there some
documentation about the Check: entry format? If checkpatch.pl simply
matches the strings then i2c_driver->detach_client is never going to
match, so there's no point in adding it.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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