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authorAndres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>2011-01-12 17:00:12 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-13 08:03:13 -0800
commitcf8e9086de5daf14dbf0be9efef7d2793f256693 (patch)
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parent7637c9259f7b6dd841471ccf1120d484b7364f99 (diff)
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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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 22f10818c2b3..07eb3f624998 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/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