Subject: i2c: Obsolete i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c The new generic i2c-gpio driver should be used instead. The obsolete drivers will be removed in September 2007. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Cc: Deepak Saxena Cc: Jordan Crouse --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig | 15 ++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.21-git.orig/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig 2007-05-01 12:16:05.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-git/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig 2007-05-01 12:16:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ config I2C_ISA tristate config I2C_IXP4XX - tristate "IXP4xx GPIO-Based I2C Interface" + tristate "IXP4xx GPIO-Based I2C Interface (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_IXP4XX select I2C_ALGOBIT help @@ -250,8 +250,11 @@ config I2C_IXP4XX This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called i2c-ixp4xx. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use i2c-gpio + instead. + config I2C_IXP2000 - tristate "IXP2000 GPIO-Based I2C Interface" + tristate "IXP2000 GPIO-Based I2C Interface (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_IXP2000 select I2C_ALGOBIT help @@ -261,6 +264,9 @@ config I2C_IXP2000 This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called i2c-ixp2000. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use i2c-gpio + instead. + config I2C_POWERMAC tristate "Powermac I2C interface" depends on PPC_PMAC @@ -426,7 +432,7 @@ config I2C_SIMTEC will be called i2c-simtec. config SCx200_I2C - tristate "NatSemi SCx200 I2C using GPIO pins" + tristate "NatSemi SCx200 I2C using GPIO pins (DEPRECATED)" depends on SCx200_GPIO select I2C_ALGOBIT help @@ -437,6 +443,9 @@ config SCx200_I2C This support is also available as a module. If so, the module will be called scx200_i2c. + This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use i2c-gpio + (or scx200_acb) instead. + config SCx200_I2C_SCL int "GPIO pin used for SCL" depends on SCx200_I2C --- linux-2.6.21-git.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-05-01 12:14:39.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-git/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-05-01 12:16:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -306,3 +306,11 @@ Why: Code was merged, then submitter imm Who: David S. Miller --------------------------- + +What: i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c drivers +When: September 2007 +Why: Obsolete. The new i2c-gpio driver replaces all hardware-specific + I2C-over-GPIO drivers. +Who: Jean Delvare + +---------------------------