Support for I2C/DDC was recently added to the tdfxfb driver, which means that the i2c-voodoo3 driver can be deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <[email protected]> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <[email protected]> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 +++++++++ drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.29-rc8.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2009-03-20 09:46:26.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc8/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2009-03-23 13:21:51.000000000 +0100 @@ -345,3 +345,12 @@ Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76 Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time. Who: Dave Jones <[email protected]>, Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> + +--------------------------- + +What: i2c-voodoo3 driver +When: October 2009 +Why: Superseded by tdfxfb. I2C/DDC support used to live in a separate + driver but this caused driver conflicts. +Who: Jean Delvare <[email protected]> + Krzysztof Helt <[email protected]> --- linux-2.6.29-rc8.orig/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig 2009-03-20 18:54:07.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc8/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig 2009-03-23 13:26:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -583,12 +583,14 @@ comment "Graphics adapter I2C/DDC channe depends on PCI config I2C_VOODOO3 - tristate "Voodoo 3" + tristate "Voodoo 3 (DEPRECATED)" depends on PCI select I2C_ALGOBIT help If you say yes to this option, support will be included for the - Voodoo 3 I2C interface. + Voodoo 3 I2C interface. This driver is deprecated and you should + use the tdfxfb driver instead, which additionally provides + framebuffer support. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called i2c-voodoo3. -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
