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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:26:26 +0200
From:   Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>,
        Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
        Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 14/20] drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi_i2c.c: remove
 I2C_CLASS_DDC support

On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 at 13:28, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> wrote:
>
> After removal of the legacy EEPROM driver and I2C_CLASS_DDC support in
> olpc_dcon there's no i2c client driver left supporting I2C_CLASS_DDC.
> Class-based device auto-detection is a legacy mechanism and shouldn't
> be used in new code. So we can remove this class completely now.
>
> Preferably this series should be applied via the i2c tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Acked-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>

I'm fine with merging this patch through any of the trees that picks
up the rest of the patches.

>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi_i2c.c |    1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi_i2c.c
> index de182c004..7aa500d24 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi_i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi_i2c.c
> @@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ struct i2c_adapter *msm_hdmi_i2c_init(struct hdmi *hdmi)
>
>
>         i2c->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> -       i2c->class = I2C_CLASS_DDC;
>         snprintf(i2c->name, sizeof(i2c->name), "msm hdmi i2c");
>         i2c->dev.parent = &hdmi->pdev->dev;
>         i2c->algo = &msm_hdmi_i2c_algorithm;
>


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry