Re: [RFC] i2c: add deprecation warning for class based instantiation

2013-06-20 Thread Wolfram Sang
Hi, Sorry, for delayed reply - I've had problems with my e-mail. You still have. This message has unwanted linebreaks. I've tested this patch on our TI K3.4 product kernel with additional change below: Thanks. [0.662567] (null): This adapter will soon drop class based instantiation

Re: [RFC] i2c: add deprecation warning for class based instantiation

2013-06-19 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 11:09:26AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: Class based instantiation can cause huge delays when booting. This mechanism was used when it was not possible to describe slaves on I2C busses. We now have other mechanisms, so most embedded I2C will not need classes and it was

Re: [RFC] i2c: add deprecation warning for class based instantiation

2013-06-19 Thread Grygorii Strashko
On 06/07/2013 12:09 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote: Class based instantiation can cause huge delays when booting. This mechanism was used when it was not possible to describe slaves on I2C busses. We now have other mechanisms, so most embedded I2C will not need classes and it was explicitly not

Re: [RFC] i2c: add deprecation warning for class based instantiation

2013-06-19 Thread Grygorii Strashko
Hi Wolfram, On 06/19/2013 01:15 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 11:09:26AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: Class based instantiation can cause huge delays when booting. This mechanism was used when it was not possible to describe slaves on I2C busses. We now have other mechanisms,

[RFC] i2c: add deprecation warning for class based instantiation

2013-06-07 Thread Wolfram Sang
Class based instantiation can cause huge delays when booting. This mechanism was used when it was not possible to describe slaves on I2C busses. We now have other mechanisms, so most embedded I2C will not need classes and it was explicitly not recommended to use them. Add a deprecation warning for