cs5535: deprecate older cs5535_gpio driver

The newer drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c replaces drivers/misc/cs5535_gpio.c.
The new driver has been in the tree for a little while, and has received
some testing; it's time to mark the old one as deprecated.  I'm thinking
removal around 2.6.40 would be good, provided we're not missing critical
functionality in the newer driver.

Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
Cc: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Acked-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 22f10818c2b3..07eb3f624998 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ Why:	/proc/<pid>/oom_adj allows userspace to influence the oom killer's
 
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+What:   CS5535/CS5536 obsolete GPIO driver
+When:   June 2011
+Files:  drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/*
+Check:  drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c
+Why:    A newer driver replaces this; it is drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c, and
+        integrates with the Linux GPIO subsystem.  The old driver has been
+        moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 2.6.40.
+        Please test the new driver, and ensure that the functionality you
+        need and any bugfixes from the old driver are available in the new
+        one.
+Who:    Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
+
+--------------------------
+
 What:   remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
 When:   August 2006
 Files:  arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c