From patchwork Thu Jan 23 14:56:22 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luca Ceresoli X-Patchwork-Id: 1228109 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org (client-ip=209.132.180.67; helo=vger.kernel.org; envelope-from=linux-i2c-owner@vger.kernel.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lucaceresoli.net Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 483QQC2qqyz9sSb for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:58:43 +1100 (AEDT) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729098AbgAWO6b (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:58:31 -0500 Received: from hostingweb31-40.netsons.net ([89.40.174.40]:47515 "EHLO hostingweb31-40.netsons.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729133AbgAWO6M (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:58:12 -0500 Received: from [109.168.11.45] (port=47594 helo=pc-ceresoli.dev.aim) by hostingweb31.netsons.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iudvt-0005F5-Nh; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:58:09 +0100 From: Luca Ceresoli To: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Luca Ceresoli , Wolfram Sang , Jean Delvare , Peter Rosin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2 24/28] docs: i2c: old-module-parameters: clarify this is for obsolete kernels Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:56:22 +0100 Message-Id: <20200123145626.8102-11-luca@lucaceresoli.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.0 In-Reply-To: <20200123145626.8102-1-luca@lucaceresoli.net> References: <20200123135103.20540-1-luca@lucaceresoli.net> <20200123145626.8102-1-luca@lucaceresoli.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - hostingweb31.netsons.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - lucaceresoli.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: hostingweb31.netsons.net: authenticated_id: luca+lucaceresoli.net/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: hostingweb31.netsons.net: luca@lucaceresoli.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-i2c-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org This section applies only to code for very old kernels. Avoid people reading this unnecessarily. Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare --- Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst index 1a18e2b0f593..92a403d21a62 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters.rst @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ I2C device driver binding control from user-space ================================================= +.. NOTE:: + Note: this section is only relevant if you are handling some old code + found in kernel 2.6. If you work with more recent kernels, you can + safely skip this section. + Up to kernel 2.6.32, many I2C drivers used helper macros provided by which created standard module parameters to let the user control how the driver would probe I2C buses and attach to devices. These