From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69BF6C3A5A8 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2019 07:57:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40AB422DBF for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2019 07:57:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1567583854; bh=zZT9qswhDNJhn64mNjOW0BtVJMlFpOvNGomJi8t1+U0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=IVtMGu1C1D8kVEYKsyiaxLqIA9gWZ1KBN+g4bgh1IyiPmMP4WqAqLaRM0Rtzh4F9q 34MoBtvBqXbrkku46bWB2wG4I9USgqg0lEo8G49aBRz7qC6nSr8K3ruQZpF1h8ufEB 7R1EVxja6uzuEU60NTwgqU4oaPi5z47cAPPEpksM= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729170AbfIDH5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2019 03:57:33 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:50244 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728745AbfIDH5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2019 03:57:33 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B24BA206BB; Wed, 4 Sep 2019 07:57:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1567583852; bh=zZT9qswhDNJhn64mNjOW0BtVJMlFpOvNGomJi8t1+U0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MXzYPPBeo/p1QJoE1EugCldwQTsClxrQhiSthRF9jPgbKLoYnZLvmurd/bfiuf8Z2 1lIPH5jxvZTqclpZarJdktrOyFEysY1L+6WP/7asNnfEJsnc/WiaZiIlKLZ5kV3sqW Wj/cFttkcm1vsLDFHt9ExBK6oUWLq0PC5dffByDE= Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 09:57:29 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Jean Delvare Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] eeprom: Deprecate the legacy eeprom driver Message-ID: <20190904075729.GA22307@kroah.com> References: <20190902104838.058725c2@endymion> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190902104838.058725c2@endymion> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 10:48:38AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Time has come to get rid of the old eeprom driver. The at24 driver > should be used instead. So mark the eeprom driver as deprecated and > give users some time to migrate. Then we can remove the legacy > eeprom driver completely. > > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > --- > drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) You might also want to add a big printk() message when the driver is loaded that it shouldn't be used. thanks, greg k-h