Hello Guenter,
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 09:46:26AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 6/26/23 23:49, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Since commit 03c835f498b5 ("i2c: Switch .probe() to not take an id
> > parameter") .probe() is the recommended callback to implement an i2c
> > driver (again). Reflect this in the documentation and don't mention
> > .probe_new() which will be dropped soon.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Hello,
> >
> > this patch was part of a patch dropping .probe_new() before (see
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/20230626094548.559542-1-u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
> >
> > However this change makes already sense without dropping .probe_new, so
> > here it comes as a separate patch.
>
> I got this after sending my pull request, and I don't currently plan to send
> another one. What is the time line for the probe_new removal ? If it is
> still planned for 6.5, you might want to keep it as part of the series.
> In that case,
>
> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Getting this final patch into next after 6.5-rc1 was my initial plan,
but on Monday I found a few newly introduced users of .probe_new().
Patches were send out, but I intend to postpone by one release cycle. So
if you take it during the merge window for 6.6-rc1 that's fine.
Thanks for your cooperation, very appreciated!
Best regards
Uwe
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