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cs5535: deprecate older cs5535_gpio driver

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>
Cc: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Acked-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Andres Salomon 14 years ago
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+ 14 - 0
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ Why:	/proc/<pid>/oom_adj allows userspace to influence the oom killer's
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	CS5535/CS5536 obsolete GPIO driver
+When:	June 2011
+Files:	drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/*
+Check:	drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c
+Why:	A newer driver replaces this; it is drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c, and
+	integrates with the Linux GPIO subsystem.  The old driver has been
+	moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 2.6.40.
+	Please test the new driver, and ensure that the functionality you
+	need and any bugfixes from the old driver are available in the new
+	one.
+Who:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
+
+--------------------------
+
 What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
 When:	August 2006
 Files:	arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c

+ 0 - 9
drivers/char/Kconfig

@@ -1047,15 +1047,6 @@ config NSC_GPIO
 	  pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
 	  modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
 
-config CS5535_GPIO
-	tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
-	depends on X86_32
-	help
-	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
-	  CS5536 Geode companion devices.
-
-	  If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
-
 config RAW_DRIVER
 	tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
 	depends on BLOCK

+ 0 - 1
drivers/char/Makefile

@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NWFLASH)		+= nwflash.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCx200_GPIO)	+= scx200_gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PC8736x_GPIO)	+= pc8736x_gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NSC_GPIO)		+= nsc_gpio.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CS5535_GPIO)	+= cs5535_gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_TB0219)	+= tb0219.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TELCLOCK)		+= tlclk.o
 

+ 2 - 0
drivers/staging/Kconfig

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ source "drivers/staging/sep/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Kconfig"
+
 source "drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/Kconfig"

+ 1 - 0
drivers/staging/Makefile

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VME_BUS)		+= vme/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MRST_RAR_HANDLER)	+= memrar/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DX_SEP)            += sep/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IIO)		+= iio/
+obj-$(CONFIG_CS5535_GPIO)	+= cs5535_gpio/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZRAM)		+= zram/
 obj-$(CONFIG_WLAGS49_H2)	+= wlags49_h2/
 obj-$(CONFIG_WLAGS49_H25)	+= wlags49_h25/

+ 11 - 0
drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Kconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config CS5535_GPIO
+	tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
+	depends on X86_32
+	help
+	  Note: this driver is DEPRECATED.  Please use the cs5535-gpio module
+	  in the GPIO section instead (CONFIG_GPIO_CS5535).
+
+	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
+	  CS5536 Geode companion devices.
+
+	  If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.

+ 1 - 0
drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_CS5535_GPIO)	+= cs5535_gpio.o

+ 6 - 0
drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/TODO

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This is an obsolete driver for some the CS5535 and CS5536 southbridge GPIOs.
+It has been replaced by a driver that makes use of the Linux GPIO subsystem.
+Please switch to that driver, and let dilinger@queued.net know if there's
+anything missing from the new driver.
+
+This driver is scheduled for removal in 2.6.40.

+ 0 - 0
drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c → drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c