On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:13:37 -0800 Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:57:37 -0800 > Andres Salomon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The newer drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c replaces > > drivers/misc/cs5535_gpio.c. The new driver has been in the tree > > for a little while, and has received some testing; it's time to mark > > the old one as deprecated. I'm thinking removal around 2.6.40 would > > be good, provided we're not missing critical functionality in the > > newer driver. > > > > Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++ > > drivers/char/Kconfig | 9 - > > drivers/char/Makefile | 1 - > > drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c | 259 > > ---------------------------- > > drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 + > > drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 + > > drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Kconfig | 11 ++ > > drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Makefile | 1 + > > drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/TODO | 6 + > > drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c | 259 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10 files changed, 294 insertions(+), > > 269 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c > > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Kconfig create mode > > 100644 drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Makefile create mode 100644 > > drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/TODO create mode 100644 > > drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c > > It seems logical (although not particularly useful) to use > drivers/staging/ as the site for unstaging things as well, but is that > something which we normally do? > FYI, I was using commits 7af97eff and 96322b80 as an example... Though I suppose I really should've chosen commits by two separate authors (oops). _______________________________________________ Linux-geode mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-geode
