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Commit 3f307fb3 authored Apr 13, 2009 by Jean Delvare

i2c-voodoo3: Deprecate in favor of tdfxfb



Support for I2C/DDC was recently added to the tdfxfb driver, which
means that the i2c-voodoo3 driver can be deprecated.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>

parent c454dee2

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

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		@@ -428,3 +428,12 @@ Why: In 2.6.27, the semantics of /sys/bus/pci/slots was redefined to
		After a reasonable transition period, we will remove the legacy
		fakephp interface.
		Who: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>

		---------------------------

		What: i2c-voodoo3 driver
		When: October 2009
		Why: Superseded by tdfxfb. I2C/DDC support used to live in a separate
		driver but this caused driver conflicts.
		Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
		Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>

drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig

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		@@ -604,12 +604,14 @@ comment "Graphics adapter I2C/DDC channel drivers"
		depends on PCI

		config I2C_VOODOO3
		tristate "Voodoo 3"
		tristate "Voodoo 3 (DEPRECATED)"
		depends on PCI
		select I2C_ALGOBIT
		help
		If you say yes to this option, support will be included for the
		Voodoo 3 I2C interface.
		Voodoo 3 I2C interface. This driver is deprecated and you should
		use the tdfxfb driver instead, which additionally provides
		framebuffer support.

		This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
		will be called i2c-voodoo3.