On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 11:09:26AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Class based instantiation can cause huge delays when booting. This
> mechanism was used when it was not possible to describe slaves on I2C
> busses. We now have other mechanisms, so most embedded I2C will not need
> classes and it was explicitly not recommended to use them. Add a
> deprecation warning for drivers who want to disable class based in the
> near future to gain boot-up time, so users relying on this technique can
> switch to something better. They really should.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>

No reactions on this, pity. Deferring.