3 files changed, 7 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index c99ebeadb558..d0175f4f8fc6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
         if (driver->id_table)
                 return i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client) != NULL;
 
-        /* new style drivers use the same kind of driver matching policy
-         * as platform devices or SPI:  compare device and driver IDs.
-         */
-        return strcmp(client->driver_name, drv->name) == 0;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef  CONFIG_HOTPLUG
@@ -91,14 +88,9 @@ static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
         if (dev->driver)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (client->driver_name[0]) {
-                if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", client->driver_name))
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-        } else {
-                if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s",
-                                   I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name))
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-        }
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s",
+                           I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name))
+                return -ENOMEM;
         dev_dbg(dev, "uevent\n");
         return 0;
 }
@@ -206,9 +198,7 @@ static ssize_t show_client_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *att
 static ssize_t show_modalias(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
         struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
-        return client->driver_name[0]
-                ? sprintf(buf, "%s\n", client->driver_name)
-                : sprintf(buf, "%s%s\n", I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name);
+        return sprintf(buf, "%s%s\n", I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name);
 }
 
 static struct device_attribute i2c_dev_attrs[] = {
@@ -282,8 +272,6 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
         client->addr = info->addr;
         client->irq = info->irq;
 
-        strlcpy(client->driver_name, info->driver_name,
-                sizeof(client->driver_name));
         strlcpy(client->name, info->type, sizeof(client->name));
 
         /* a new style driver may be bound to this device when we
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 6716ec808c5e..fb9af6a0fe9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ struct i2c_driver {
  * @driver: device's driver, hence pointer to access routines
  * @dev: Driver model device node for the slave.
  * @irq: indicates the IRQ generated by this device (if any)
- * @driver_name: Identifies new-style driver used with this device; also
- *      used as the module name for hotplug/coldplug modprobe support.
  * @list: list of active/busy clients (DEPRECATED)
  * @released: used to synchronize client releases & detaches and references
  *
@@ -174,7 +172,6 @@ struct i2c_client {
         struct i2c_driver *driver;      /* and our access routines      */
         struct device dev;              /* the device structure         */
         int irq;                        /* irq issued by device (or -1) */
-        char driver_name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
         struct list_head list;          /* DEPRECATED */
         struct completion released;
 };
@@ -200,8 +197,7 @@ static inline void i2c_set_clientdata (struct i2c_client *dev, void *data)
 
 /**
  * struct i2c_board_info - template for device creation
- * @driver_name: identifies the driver to be bound to the device
- * @type: optional chip type information, to initialize i2c_client.name
+ * @type: chip type, to initialize i2c_client.name
  * @flags: to initialize i2c_client.flags
  * @addr: stored in i2c_client.addr
  * @platform_data: stored in i2c_client.dev.platform_data
@@ -220,7 +216,6 @@ static inline void i2c_set_clientdata (struct i2c_client *dev, void *data)
  * with the adapter already known.
  */
 struct i2c_board_info {
-        char            driver_name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
         char            type[I2C_NAME_SIZE];
         unsigned short  flags;
         unsigned short  addr;
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h b/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h
index ba8ea6e16476..0767a2a6b2f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
  * @context: optional parameter passed to setup() and teardown()
  *
  * In addition to the I2C_BOARD_INFO() state appropriate to each chip,
- * the i2c_board_info used with the pcf875x driver must provide the
- * chip "type" ("pcf8574", "pcf8574a", "pcf8575", "pcf8575c") and its
+ * the i2c_board_info used with the pcf875x driver must provide its
  * platform_data (pointer to one of these structures) with at least
  * the gpio_base value initialized.
  *