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-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt7
-rw-r--r--drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig15
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 3a159dac04f..281458b47d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -330,3 +330,10 @@ Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---------------------------
+What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips)
+When: November 2007
+Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers.
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
index ea085a006ea..8113ce201e4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
menu "Miscellaneous I2C Chip support"
config SENSORS_DS1337
- tristate "Dallas Semiconductor DS1337 and DS1339 Real Time Clock"
+ tristate "Dallas DS1337 and DS1339 Real Time Clock (DEPRECATED)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
If you say yes here you get support for Dallas Semiconductor
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ config SENSORS_DS1337
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
will be called ds1337.
+ This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use
+ rtc-ds1307 instead.
+
config SENSORS_DS1374
- tristate "Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor DS1374 Real Time Clock"
+ tristate "Dallas DS1374 Real Time Clock (DEPRECATED)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
If you say yes here you get support for Dallas Semiconductor
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ config SENSORS_DS1374
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
will be called ds1374.
+ This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use
+ rtc-ds1374 instead.
+
config SENSORS_EEPROM
tristate "EEPROM reader"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ config TPS65010
will be called tps65010.
config SENSORS_M41T00
- tristate "ST M41T00 RTC chip"
+ tristate "ST M41T00 RTC chip (DEPRECATED)"
depends on PPC32
help
If you say yes here you get support for the ST M41T00 RTC chip.
@@ -109,6 +115,9 @@ config SENSORS_M41T00
This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
will be called m41t00.
+ This driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon. Use
+ rtc-ds1307 or rtc-m41t80 instead.
+
config SENSORS_MAX6875
tristate "Maxim MAX6875 Power supply supervisor"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL