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-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/it872
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/it87.c8
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 4d4897c8ef96..b730d765b525 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -162,3 +162,12 @@ What: pci_module_init(driver)
When: January 2007
Why: Is replaced by pci_register_driver(pci_driver).
Who: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> and Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: I2C interface of the it87 driver
+When: January 2007
+Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C
+ probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see
+ bug #5889.)
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
index 7f42e441c645..9555be1ed999 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/it87
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Supported chips:
http://www.ite.com.tw/
* IT8712F
Prefix: 'it8712'
- Addresses scanned: I2C 0x28 - 0x2f
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x2d
from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
http://www.ite.com.tw/
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
index 0da7c9c508c3..e87d52c59940 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
/* Addresses to scan */
-static unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d,
- 0x2e, 0x2f, I2C_CLIENT_END };
+static unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x2d, I2C_CLIENT_END };
static unsigned short isa_address;
/* Insmod parameters */
@@ -830,6 +829,11 @@ static int it87_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
if ((err = i2c_attach_client(new_client)))
goto ERROR2;
+ if (!is_isa)
+ dev_info(&new_client->dev, "The I2C interface to IT87xxF "
+ "hardware monitoring chips is deprecated. Please "
+ "report if you still rely on it.\n");
+
/* Check PWM configuration */
enable_pwm_interface = it87_check_pwm(new_client);