linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 24/28] docs: i2c: old-module-parameters: clarify this is for obsolete kernels

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Message-Id: <20200123145626.8102-11-luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:56:22 +0100
From:   Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
To:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>, Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 24/28] docs: i2c: old-module-parameters: clarify this is for obsolete kernels

This section applies only to code for very old kernels. Avoid people
reading this unnecessarily.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
---
 Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst
index 1a18e2b0f593..92a403d21a62 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 I2C device driver binding control from user-space
 =================================================
 
+.. NOTE::
+   Note: this section is only relevant if you are handling some old code
+   found in kernel 2.6. If you work with more recent kernels, you can
+   safely skip this section.
+
 Up to kernel 2.6.32, many I2C drivers used helper macros provided by
 <linux/i2c.h> which created standard module parameters to let the user
 control how the driver would probe I2C buses and attach to devices. These
-- 
2.25.0