The patch titled
deprecate obsolete pca9539 driver
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gpiolib-deprecate-obsolete-pca9539-driver.patch
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Subject: deprecate obsolete pca9539 driver
From: eric miao <eric.miao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Use drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
Signed-off-by: eric miao <eric.miao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Philipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 | 3 +++
drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539~gpiolib-deprecate-obsolete-pca9539-driver Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
--- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539~gpiolib-deprecate-obsolete-pca9539-driver
+++ a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
Kernel driver pca9539
=====================
+NOTE: this driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon, use
+drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
+
Supported chips:
* Philips PCA9539
Prefix: 'pca9539'
diff -puN drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig~gpiolib-deprecate-obsolete-pca9539-driver drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig~gpiolib-deprecate-obsolete-pca9539-driver
+++ a/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ config PCF8575
hardware. If unsure, say N.
config SENSORS_PCA9539
- tristate "Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port (DEPRECATED)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && GPIO_PCA9539 = "n"
help
If you say yes here you get support for the Philips PCA9539
16-bit I/O port.
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ config SENSORS_PCA9539
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
will be called pca9539.
+ This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use
+ drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
+
config SENSORS_PCF8591
tristate "Philips PCF8591"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from eric.miao@xxxxxxxxxxx are
git-arm.patch
gpiolib-add-drivers-gpio-directory.patch
gpiolib-add-gpio-provider-infrastructure.patch
gpiolib-update-documentation-gpiotxt.patch
gpiolib-avr32-at32ap-platform-support.patch
gpiolib-pxa-platform-support.patch
gpiolib-pcf857x-i2c-gpio-expander-support.patch
gpiolib-mcp23s08-spi-gpio-expander-support.patch
gpiolib-pca9539-i2c-gpio-expander-support.patch
gpiolib-deprecate-obsolete-pca9539-driver.patch
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