Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2012-05-17
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[PATCH 2/2] mmc: at91-mci: this driver is now deprecated

From: Chris Ball <hidden>
Date: 2012-05-17 12:45:31
Also in: linux-mmc

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
             ^ are
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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
          ^ 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   [off-list ref]   <http://printf.net/>
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