diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index f487c6918d7870c57bec4202cf22482af21b3d6f..7ce623bb9637421d14c1ecc9ce4e6516fc0de10a 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -645,3 +645,12 @@ Who: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Files: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_addrtype.h
----------------------------
+
+What: i2c_driver.attach_adapter
+ i2c_driver.detach_adapter
+When: September 2011
+Why: These legacy callbacks should no longer be used as i2c-core offers
+ a variety of preferable alternative ways to instantiate I2C devices.
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+----------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Makefile b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
index 23ac61e2db398363ccb4bb742d8f07aff0aa7e60..beee6b2d361db458a1336a48bd13b5166d6d013c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_MUX) += i2c-mux.o
obj-y += algos/ busses/ muxes/
ccflags-$(CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CORE) := -DDEBUG
+CFLAGS_i2c-core.o := -Wno-deprecated-declarations
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index b9fa1d0320b43f3d01bcd8282dec9ce0a16c09a1..e5f76a0372fd6f6e9d1fa063b60a07ffb08fb781 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -797,6 +797,9 @@ static int i2c_do_add_adapter(struct i2c_driver *driver,
/* Let legacy drivers scan this bus for matching devices */
if (driver->attach_adapter) {
+ dev_warn(&adap->dev, "attach_adapter method is deprecated\n");
+ dev_warn(&adap->dev, "Please use another way to instantiate "
+ "your i2c_client\n");
/* We ignore the return code; if it fails, too bad */
driver->attach_adapter(adap);
}
@@ -981,6 +984,7 @@ static int i2c_do_del_adapter(struct i2c_driver *driver,
if (!driver->detach_adapter)
return 0;
+ dev_warn(&adapter->dev, "detach_adapter method is deprecated\n");
res = driver->detach_adapter(adapter);
if (res)
dev_err(&adapter->dev, "detach_adapter failed (%d) "
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 4df12c7e69d7375a3631f317a271367d70782c03..cd2f75b742ec7e49eab29e21c5b85dc9c1e523af 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(const struct i2c_client *client,
/**
* struct i2c_driver - represent an I2C device driver
* @class: What kind of i2c device we instantiate (for detect)
- * @attach_adapter: Callback for bus addition (for legacy drivers)
- * @detach_adapter: Callback for bus removal (for legacy drivers)
+ * @attach_adapter: Callback for bus addition (deprecated)
+ * @detach_adapter: Callback for bus removal (deprecated)
* @probe: Callback for device binding
* @remove: Callback for device unbinding
* @shutdown: Callback for device shutdown
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ struct i2c_driver {
unsigned int class;
/* Notifies the driver that a new bus has appeared or is about to be
- * removed. You should avoid using this if you can, it will probably
- * be removed in a near future.
+ * removed. You should avoid using this, it will be removed in a
+ * near future.
*/
- int (*attach_adapter)(struct i2c_adapter *);
- int (*detach_adapter)(struct i2c_adapter *);
+ int (*attach_adapter)(struct i2c_adapter *) __deprecated;
+ int (*detach_adapter)(struct i2c_adapter *) __deprecated;
/* Standard driver model interfaces */
int (*probe)(struct i2c_client *, const struct i2c_device_id *);