+THIS CODE IS DEPRECATED.
+
+Please use the new mainline SPI-GPIO driver, as of 2.6.29.
+
+--mb
+
+
+
--- /dev/null
-+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi_gpio.h
++++ b/include/linux/spi/spi_gpio_old.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * spi_gpio interface to platform code
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_SPI_SPI_GPIO */
--- /dev/null
-+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_gpio.c
++++ b/drivers/spi/spi_gpio_old.c
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+/*
+ * Bitbanging SPI bus driver using GPIO API
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h>
-+#include <linux/spi/spi_gpio.h>
++#include <linux/spi/spi_gpio_old.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
-@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ config SPI_BUTTERFLY
- inexpensive battery powered microcontroller evaluation board.
- This same cable can be used to flash new firmware.
+@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ config SPI_GPIO
+ GPIO operations, you should be able to leverage that for better
+ speed with a custom version of this driver; see the source code.
-+config SPI_GPIO
-+ tristate "GPIO API based bitbanging SPI controller"
++config SPI_GPIO_OLD
++ tristate "Old GPIO API based bitbanging SPI controller (DEPRECATED)"
+ depends on SPI_MASTER && GENERIC_GPIO
+ select SPI_BITBANG
+ help
-+ This is a platform driver that can be used for bitbanging
-+ an SPI bus over GPIO pins.
-+ Select this if you have any SPI device that is connected via
-+ GPIO pins.
-+ The module will be called spi_gpio.
++ This code is deprecated. Please use the new mainline SPI-GPIO driver.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
depends on ARCH_IMX && EXPERIMENTAL
--- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
-@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BFIN) += spi_bfin5xx.
- obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BITBANG) += spi_bitbang.o
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BITBANG) += spi_bitban
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_AU1550) += au1550_spi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_BUTTERFLY) += spi_butterfly.o
-+obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_GPIO) += spi_gpio.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_GPIO) += spi_gpio.o
++obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_GPIO_OLD) += spi_gpio_old.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_IMX) += spi_imx.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_LM70_LLP) += spi_lm70llp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX) += pxa2xx_spi.o
---- a/MAINTAINERS
-+++ b/MAINTAINERS
-@@ -4027,6 +4027,11 @@ M: jbglaw@lug-owl.de
- L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
- S: Maintained
-
-+SPI GPIO MASTER DRIVER
-+P: Michael Buesch
-+M: mb@bu3sch.de
-+S: Maintained
-+
- STABLE BRANCH
- P: Greg Kroah-Hartman
- M: greg@kroah.com