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| author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2009-01-26 21:19:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2009-01-26 21:19:57 +0100 |
| commit | 5fb4523afbffae5a5cec4989ee4c9fbc3dbdef33 (patch) | |
| tree | 498c51141686d9e7c645e4d1b98f435e1faaeb14 /include/linux/i2c.h | |
| parent | dd7f8dbe2b3c0611ba969cd867c10cb63d163e25 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-5fb4523afbffae5a5cec4989ee4c9fbc3dbdef33.tar.gz lwn-5fb4523afbffae5a5cec4989ee4c9fbc3dbdef33.zip | |
i2c: Warn on deprecated binding model use
Let the kernel developers know that i2c_attach_client() and
i2c_detach_client() are deprecated and should no longer be used.
Drivers using these should be converted to the standard device
driver binding model (probe and remove methods.)
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/i2c.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/i2c.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h index 20873d402467..fcfbfea3af72 100644 --- a/include/linux/i2c.h +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct i2c_driver { * has been dynamically allocated by the driver in the function above, * it must be freed here. (LEGACY I2C DRIVERS ONLY) */ - int (*detach_client)(struct i2c_client *); + int (*detach_client)(struct i2c_client *) __deprecated; /* Standard driver model interfaces, for "new style" i2c drivers. * With the driver model, device enumeration is NEVER done by drivers; @@ -429,8 +429,10 @@ static inline int i2c_add_driver(struct i2c_driver *driver) return i2c_register_driver(THIS_MODULE, driver); } -extern int i2c_attach_client(struct i2c_client *); -extern int i2c_detach_client(struct i2c_client *); +/* These are deprecated, your driver should use the standard .probe() + * and .remove() methods instead. */ +extern int __deprecated i2c_attach_client(struct i2c_client *); +extern int __deprecated i2c_detach_client(struct i2c_client *); extern struct i2c_client *i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client); extern void i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client); |