2.6.26-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jean Delvare Already in Linus' tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8d24f8dcb7ead491704e274883b2c627062f6235 In kernel 2.6.26, the ability to select I2C algorithm drivers manually was removed, as all in-kernel drivers do that automatically. However there were some complaints that it was a problem for out-of-tree I2C bus drivers. In order to address these complaints, let's allow manual selection of these drivers again, but still hide them by default for better general user experience. This closes bug #11140: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11140 Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/i2c/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ drivers/i2c/algos/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/i2c/algos/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/Kconfig @@ -2,15 +2,20 @@ # I2C algorithm drivers configuration # +menu "I2C Algorithms" + depends on !I2C_HELPER_AUTO + config I2C_ALGOBIT - tristate + tristate "I2C bit-banging interfaces" config I2C_ALGOPCF - tristate + tristate "I2C PCF 8584 interfaces" config I2C_ALGOPCA - tristate + tristate "I2C PCA 9564 interfaces" config I2C_ALGO_SGI tristate depends on SGI_IP22 || SGI_IP32 || X86_VISWS + +endmenu --- a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig @@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ config I2C_CHARDEV This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called i2c-dev. +config I2C_HELPER_AUTO + bool "Autoselect pertinent helper modules" + default y + help + Some I2C bus drivers require so-called "I2C algorithm" modules + to work. These are basically software-only abstractions of generic + I2C interfaces. This option will autoselect them so that you don't + have to care. + + Unselect this only if you need to enable additional helper + modules, for example for use with external I2C bus drivers. + + In doubt, say Y. + source drivers/i2c/algos/Kconfig source drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig source drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/