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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 24/26] docs: i2c: old-module-parameters: clarify this is for obsolete kernels
    On Mon,  6 Jan 2020 08:46:39 +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
    > This section applies only to code for very old kernels. Avoid people
    > reading this unnecessarily.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
    > ---
    > Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst | 5 +++++
    > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
    >
    > diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst
    > index 0503d2f0b127..80fb117883fd 100644
    > --- a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst
    > +++ b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst
    > @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
    > I2C device driver binding control from user-space
    > =================================================
    >
    > +.. NOTE::
    > + Note: this section is only relevant if you are handling some old code
    > + found in kernel 2.6. If you work with more recent kernels, you can
    > + safely skip this section.
    > +
    > Up to kernel 2.6.32, many I2C drivers used helper macros provided by
    > <linux/i2c.h> which created standard module parameters to let the user
    > control how the driver would probe I2C buses and attach to devices. These

    Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>


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