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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/hwmon.h | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst index d953ee763c96..6482c4f137dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ increase the chances of your change being accepted. * Use devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() or, if your driver needs a remove function, hwmon_device_register_with_info() to register your driver with the hwmon subsystem. Try using devm_add_action() instead of a remove function if - possible. Do not use hwmon_device_register(). + possible. Do not use any of the deprecated registration functions. * Your driver should be buildable as module. If not, please be prepared to explain why it has to be built into the kernel. diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h index 14325f93c6b2..c1b62384b6ee 100644 --- a/include/linux/hwmon.h +++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h @@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ struct hwmon_chip_info { /* hwmon_device_register() is deprecated */ struct device *hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev); +/* + * hwmon_device_register_with_groups() and + * devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups() are deprecated. + */ struct device * hwmon_device_register_with_groups(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata, |