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From: cjb@laptop•org (Chris Ball)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] mmc: at91-mci: this driver is now deprecated
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:45:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k40b3ris.fsf@laptop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1337183519-25459-3-git-send-email-ludovic.desroches@atmel.com> (ludovic desroches's message of "Wed, 16 May 2012 17:51:59 +0200")

Hi,

On Wed, May 16 2012, ludovic.desroches at atmel.com wrote:
> From: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@atmel•com>
>
> at91-mci is deprecated since atmel-mci can deal with all chips.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@atmel•com>
> ---
>  Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   11 +++++++++++
>  drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig                   |    7 +++++--
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> index 03ca210..8b4aef2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -539,3 +539,14 @@ When:	3.6
>  Why:	setitimer is not returning -EFAULT if user pointer is NULL. This
>  	violates the spec.
>  Who:	Sasikantha Babu <sasikanth.v19@gmail•com>
> +
> +----------------------------
> +
> +What:	at91-mci driver ("CONFIG_MMC_AT91")
> +When:	3.7
> +Why:	There two mci drivers: at91-mci and atmel-mci. The PDC support was
             ^ are

> +	added to atmel-mci as a first step to support more chips. Then
> +	at91-mci was kept only for old IP versions (on at91rm9200 and
> +	at91sam9261). The support of these IP versions has just been added
> +	so atmel-mci can be used for all chips.
> +Who:	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@atmel•com>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
> index 2bc06e7..f150591 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
> @@ -278,10 +278,13 @@ choice
>  	  Choose which driver to use for the Atmel MCI Silicon
>  
>  config MMC_AT91
> -	tristate "AT91 SD/MMC Card Interface support"
> +	tristate "AT91 SD/MMC Card Interface support (DEPRECATED)"
>  	depends on ARCH_AT91
>  	help
> -	  This selects the AT91 MCI controller.
> +	  This selects the AT91 MCI controller. This driver will be
> +	  remove soon (for more information have a look to
          ^ removed
> +	  Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt). Please use
> +	  MMC_ATMEL_MCI.
>  
>  	  If unsure, say N.

Seems like I should take this patch 2/2, and then someone else should
merge 1/2?

Thanks,

- Chris.
-- 
Chris Ball   <cjb@laptop•org>   <http://printf.net/>
One Laptop Per Child

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-17 12:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-16 15:51 [PATCH 0/2] ARM: at91: allow all boards to use atmel-mci driver ludovic.desroches at atmel.com
2012-05-16 15:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: at91: add atmel-mci support for chips and boards which can use it ludovic.desroches at atmel.com
2012-05-21 10:17   ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-05-16 15:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] mmc: at91-mci: this driver is now deprecated ludovic.desroches at atmel.com
2012-05-17 12:45   ` Chris Ball [this message]
2012-05-17 18:28     ` ludovic.desroches
2012-05-17 18:36       ` Chris Ball
2012-05-17 18:40         ` ludovic.desroches
2012-05-21 10:19         ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-05-21 10:23   ` [PATCH v2] ARM: at91: add atmel-mci support for chips and boards which can use it ludovic.desroches at atmel.com
2012-05-21 10:31     ` ludovic.desroches
2012-05-28  7:41     ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-29 10:56       ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-05-29 15:57         ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD

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