1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index f482dae81de3..91664be91ffc 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ address.
 static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = {
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .name           = "Foo version 2.3 driver",
-        .id             = I2C_DRIVERID_FOO, /* from i2c-id.h, optional */
         .flags          = I2C_DF_NOTIFY,
         .attach_adapter = &foo_attach_adapter,
         .detach_client  = &foo_detach_client,
@@ -37,12 +36,6 @@ static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = {
 The name can be chosen freely, and may be upto 40 characters long. Please
 use something descriptive here.
 
-If used, the id should be a unique ID. The range 0xf000 to 0xffff is
-reserved for local use, and you can use one of those until you start
-distributing the driver, at which time you should contact the i2c authors
-to get your own ID(s). Note that most of the time you don't need an ID
-at all so you can just omit it.
-
 Don't worry about the flags field; just put I2C_DF_NOTIFY into it. This
 means that your driver will be notified when new adapters are found.
 This is almost always what you want.