[i2c] [patch 2.6.23-rc9] remove i2c_algorithm.algo_control(); cleanup

[Jean Delvare]

Hi David,

On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:21:02 -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> This removes:
> 
>  - An effectively unused hook:  i2c_algorithm.algo_control.
> 
>  - The i2c_control() call, used only by i2c-dev to call that
>    unused hook or set two barely supported adapter params.
> 
>    (That param setting moves into i2c-dev.c ... still iffy
>    due to lack of locking, but no other changes.)
> 
> As shown by diffstat, this is a net code shrink.  It also reduces the
> complexity of the I2C adapter and /dev interfaces.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell at users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> The main potential issue with this is fixing a bug in how i2c-dev
> implements unsupported ioctl requests:  it finally reports the error
> to userspace.  If needed, the bug could be perpetuated for a while. 
> 
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c |   22 ----------------------
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c  |   14 ++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/i2c.h    |    7 -------
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

Looks great. Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jean Delvare