1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients b/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
index a7adbdd9ea8a..4849dfd6961c 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Revision 4, 2004-03-30
+Revision 5, 2005-07-29
 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
 
@@ -17,20 +17,22 @@ yours for best results.
 
 Technical changes:
 
-* [Includes] Get rid of "version.h". Replace <linux/i2c-proc.h> with
-  <linux/i2c-sensor.h>. Includes typically look like that:
+* [Includes] Get rid of "version.h" and <linux/i2c-proc.h>.
+  Includes typically look like that:
   #include <linux/module.h>
   #include <linux/init.h>
   #include <linux/slab.h>
   #include <linux/i2c.h>
-  #include <linux/i2c-sensor.h>
-  #include <linux/i2c-vid.h>    /* if you need VRM support */
+  #include <linux/hwmon.h>      /* for hardware monitoring drivers */
+  #include <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>
+  #include <linux/hwmon-vid.h>  /* if you need VRM support */
   #include <asm/io.h>           /* if you have I/O operations */
   Please respect this inclusion order. Some extra headers may be
   required for a given driver (e.g. "lm75.h").
 
-* [Addresses] SENSORS_I2C_END becomes I2C_CLIENT_END, SENSORS_ISA_END
-  becomes I2C_CLIENT_ISA_END.
+* [Addresses] SENSORS_I2C_END becomes I2C_CLIENT_END, ISA addresses
+  are no more handled by the i2c core.
+  SENSORS_INSMOD_<n> becomes I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD_<n>.
 
 * [Client data] Get rid of sysctl_id. Try using standard names for
   register values (for example, temp_os becomes temp_max). You're
@@ -66,13 +68,15 @@ Technical changes:
   if (!(adapter->class & I2C_CLASS_HWMON))
           return 0;
   ISA-only drivers of course don't need this.
+  Call i2c_probe() instead of i2c_detect().
 
 * [Detect] As mentioned earlier, the flags parameter is gone.
   The type_name and client_name strings are replaced by a single
   name string, which will be filled with a lowercase, short string
   (typically the driver name, e.g. "lm75").
   In i2c-only drivers, drop the i2c_is_isa_adapter check, it's
-  useless.
+  useless. Same for isa-only drivers, as the test would always be
+  true. Only hybrid drivers (which are quite rare) still need it.
   The errorN labels are reduced to the number needed. If that number
   is 2 (i2c-only drivers), it is advised that the labels are named
   exit and exit_free. For i2c+isa drivers, labels should be named
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ Technical changes:
   device_create_file. Move the driver initialization before any
   sysfs file creation.
   Drop client->id.
+  Drop any 24RF08 corruption prevention you find, as this is now done
+  at the i2c-core level, and doing it twice voids it.
 
 * [Init] Limits must not be set by the driver (can be done later in
   user-space). Chip should not be reset default (although a module
@@ -93,7 +99,8 @@ Technical changes:
   limited to the strictly necessary steps.
 
 * [Detach] Get rid of data, remove the call to
-  i2c_deregister_entry.
+  i2c_deregister_entry. Do not log an error message if
+  i2c_detach_client fails, as i2c-core will now do it for you.
 
 * [Update] Don't access client->data directly, use
   i2c_get_clientdata(client) instead.