linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: Remove device connection documentation

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Message-Id: <20200907103750.9093-3-heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon,  7 Sep 2020 13:37:50 +0300
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: Remove device connection documentation

The API that allowed device connection descriptions to
be added is now removed, so removing also the documentation
for it.

Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
---
 .../driver-api/device_connection.rst          | 43 -------------------
 1 file changed, 43 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ba364224c349b..0000000000000
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-==================
-Device connections
-==================
-
-Introduction
-------------
-
-Devices often have connections to other devices that are outside of the direct
-child/parent relationship. A serial or network communication controller, which
-could be a PCI device, may need to be able to get a reference to its PHY
-component, which could be attached for example to the I2C bus. Some device
-drivers need to be able to control the clocks or the GPIOs for their devices,
-and so on.
-
-Device connections are generic descriptions of any type of connection between
-two separate devices.
-
-Device connections alone do not create a dependency between the two devices.
-They are only descriptions which are not tied to either of the devices directly.
-A dependency between the two devices exists only if one of the two endpoint
-devices requests a reference to the other. The descriptions themselves can be
-defined in firmware (not yet supported) or they can be built-in.
-
-Usage
------
-
-Device connections should exist before device ``->probe`` callback is called for
-either endpoint device in the description. If the connections are defined in
-firmware, this is not a problem. It should be considered if the connection
-descriptions are "built-in", and need to be added separately.
-
-The connection description consists of the names of the two devices with the
-connection, i.e. the endpoints, and unique identifier for the connection which
-is needed if there are multiple connections between the two devices.
-
-After a description exists, the devices in it can request reference to the other
-endpoint device, or they can request the description itself.
-
-API
----
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/devcon.c
-   :functions: device_connection_find_match device_connection_find device_connection_add device_connection_remove
-- 
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