[PATCH 2/2] mmc: at91-mci: this driver is now deprecated
From: Chris Ball <hidden>
Date: 2012-05-17 12:45:31
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Hi, On Wed, May 16 2012, ludovic.desroches at atmel.com wrote:
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From: Ludovic Desroches <redacted> at91-mci is deprecated since atmel-mci can deal with all chips. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches <redacted> --- 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
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+ 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 [off-list ref]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
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+ 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 [off-list ref] <http://printf.net/> One Laptop Per Child