linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] i2c: remove deprecated attach

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Date:   Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:30:57 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] i2c: remove deprecated attach_adapter callback

Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> writes:

> So, I wanted to do this in the next cycle, but Linus seems to want it this
> cycle already [1], so here it is:
>
> Remove the attach_adapter callback from the 2.4 times by converting
> the last user to a custom probing mechanism based on deferred probing. We used
> this already in commit ac397c80de89 ("ALSA: ppc: keywest: drop using attach
> adapter") successfully on HW, so we agreed to use it on the windtunnel driver
> as well.
>
> With the last user gone, we can then remove the callback \o/ I think this
> allows for more cleanup in the core, but let's do this later and focus on the
> removal for now.
>
> Tested on a Renesas R-Car Salvator-XS board (M3N) by using and rebinding
> various I2C busses. Build bot and checkpatch are happy, too.
>
> I'd like to send a pull request to Linus this merge window, so looking forward
> to super fast comments, acks, etc...

Sure, I don't have a G4 hooked up to test this, so just merge it and if
it breaks we can fix it.

cheers