Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:28:55 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cs5535: deprecate older cs5535_gpio driver |
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:13:37PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:57:37 -0800 > Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> 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 <dilinger@queued.net> > > --- > > 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?
Yes, we are using staging to "age out" drivers from the kernel, as well as filesystems, so this is fine with me.
thanks,
greg k-h
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