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docs: driver-api: i2c: remove some outdated information

a) Linux can be an I2C slave meanwhile
b) all drivers except one use the driver model currently

Update the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Wolfram Sang 8 years ago
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@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ I2C is a multi-master bus; open drain signaling is used to arbitrate
 between masters, as well as to handshake and to synchronize clocks from
 between masters, as well as to handshake and to synchronize clocks from
 slower clients.
 slower clients.
 
 
-The Linux I2C programming interfaces support only the master side of bus
-interactions, not the slave side. The programming interface is
+The Linux I2C programming interfaces support the master side of bus
+interactions and the slave side. The programming interface is
 structured around two kinds of driver, and two kinds of device. An I2C
 structured around two kinds of driver, and two kinds of device. An I2C
 "Adapter Driver" abstracts the controller hardware; it binds to a
 "Adapter Driver" abstracts the controller hardware; it binds to a
 physical device (perhaps a PCI device or platform_device) and exposes a
 physical device (perhaps a PCI device or platform_device) and exposes a
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ physical device (perhaps a PCI device or platform_device) and exposes a
 I2C bus segment it manages. On each I2C bus segment will be I2C devices
 I2C bus segment it manages. On each I2C bus segment will be I2C devices
 represented by a :c:type:`struct i2c_client <i2c_client>`.
 represented by a :c:type:`struct i2c_client <i2c_client>`.
 Those devices will be bound to a :c:type:`struct i2c_driver
 Those devices will be bound to a :c:type:`struct i2c_driver
-<i2c_driver>`, which should follow the standard Linux driver
-model. (At this writing, a legacy model is more widely used.) There are
-functions to perform various I2C protocol operations; at this writing
+<i2c_driver>`, which should follow the standard Linux driver model. There
+are functions to perform various I2C protocol operations; at this writing
 all such functions are usable only from task context.
 all such functions are usable only from task context.
 
 
 The System Management Bus (SMBus) is a sibling protocol. Most SMBus
 The System Management Bus (SMBus) is a sibling protocol. Most SMBus