[i2c] [PATCH] i2c: Deprecate legacy RTC drivers

[Mark A. Greer]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 09:43:26AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> We have a new RTC subsystem with better drivers.
> 
> Legacy driver status:
> * ds1337: The DS1337 and DS1339 are now supported by the rtc-ds1307
>   driver, so it looks to me like we could even delete the ds1337
>   driver right away.
> * ds1374: No support in the RTC subsystem as far as I can see. If
>   DS1374 support is still needed, this driver needs to be ported to
>   the RTC subsystem.
> * m41t00: The M41T00 itself appears to be supported by the rtc-ds1307
>   driver, however the old driver also supports the M41T81 and M41T85,
>   while the new driver seemingly doesn't. So I guess the rtc-ds1307
>   driver needs to be extended before we can remove the m41t00 driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo at towertech.it>
> Cc: Mark A. Greer <mgreer at mvista.com>
> Cc: James Chapman <jchapman at katalix.com>
> Cc: Randy Vinson <rvinson at mvista.com>

Acked-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer at mvista.com>

(Thanks Jean)

Mark