i2c: Provide compatibility links for i2c adapters

Some user-space applications may be relying on i2c adapters showing up
as class devices in sysfs. Provide compatibility links for them for
the time being. We will remove them after a long transition period.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
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Jean Delvare
2009-09-18 22:45:46 +02:00
parent 4f8cf8240a
commit 2bb5095aff
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@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ config I2C_BOARDINFO
boolean
default y
config I2C_COMPAT
boolean "Enable compatibility bits for old user-space"
default y
help
Say Y here if you intend to run lm-sensors 3.1.1 or older, or any
other user-space package which expects i2c adapters to be class
devices. If you don't know, say Y.
config I2C_CHARDEV
tristate "I2C device interface"
help