The patch titled fbdev: remove outdated advice about I2C configuration has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fbdev-remove-outdated-advice-about-i2c-configuration.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: fbdev: remove outdated advice about I2C configuration From: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> The required I2C modules are now selected automatically by the means of select statements in Kconfig, so there is no point in confusing the users with options he/she would be supposed to enable manually. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/Kconfig | 23 ++++------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/Kconfig~fbdev-remove-outdated-advice-about-i2c-configuration drivers/video/Kconfig --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig~fbdev-remove-outdated-advice-about-i2c-configuration +++ a/drivers/video/Kconfig @@ -1128,13 +1128,6 @@ config FB_INTEL 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/965G/965GM chipsets. Say Y if you have and plan to use such a board. - If you say Y here and want DDC/I2C support you must first say Y to - "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" in the character devices - section. - - If you say M here then "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" - can be build either as modules or built-in. - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called intelfb. @@ -1207,11 +1200,10 @@ config FB_MATROX_G pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. - If you need support for G400 secondary head, you must first say Y to - "I2C support" in the character devices section, and then to - "Matrox I2C support" and "G400 second head support" here in the - framebuffer section. G450/G550 secondary head and digital output - are supported without additional modules. + If you need support for G400 secondary head, you must say Y to + "Matrox I2C support" and "G400 second head support" right below. + G450/G550 secondary head and digital output are supported without + additional modules. The driver starts in monitor mode. You must use the matroxset tool (available at <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/>) to @@ -1310,13 +1302,6 @@ config FB_RADEON a framebuffer device. There are both PCI and AGP versions. You don't need to choose this to run the Radeon in plain VGA mode. - If you say Y here and want DDC/I2C support you must first say Y to - "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" in the character devices - section. - - If you say M here then "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" - can be build either as modules or built-in. - There is a product page at http://apps.ati.com/ATIcompare/ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch dell-laptop-fix-uninitialized-wrong-return-value.patch i2c-pxac-timeouts-off-by-1.patch fbdev-remove-outdated-advice-about-i2c-configuration.patch rtc-add-stand-alone-driver-for-rx8025-chip.patch rtc-add-stand-alone-driver-for-rx8025-chip-fix.patch pca953x-support-gpiolib-gpio-naming.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html