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Authored by Jean Delvare
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Exists in master and in 4 other branches v3.2_AM335xPSP_04.06.00.11, v3.2_NEWT335xPSP_04.06.00.11, v3.2_SBC_SMARTMEN, v3.2_SMARCT335xPSP_04.06.00.11

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>

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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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428 428 After a reasonable transition period, we will remove the legacy
429 429 fakephp interface.
430 430 Who: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
  431 +
  432 +---------------------------
  433 +
  434 +What: i2c-voodoo3 driver
  435 +When: October 2009
  436 +Why: Superseded by tdfxfb. I2C/DDC support used to live in a separate
  437 + driver but this caused driver conflicts.
  438 +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
  439 + Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
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604 604 depends on PCI
605 605  
606 606 config I2C_VOODOO3
607   - tristate "Voodoo 3"
  607 + tristate "Voodoo 3 (DEPRECATED)"
608 608 depends on PCI
609 609 select I2C_ALGOBIT
610 610 help
611 611 If you say yes to this option, support will be included for the
612   - Voodoo 3 I2C interface.
  612 + Voodoo 3 I2C interface. This driver is deprecated and you should
  613 + use the tdfxfb driver instead, which additionally provides
  614 + framebuffer support.
613 615  
614 616 This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
615 617 will be called i2c-voodoo3.