}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_master_recv);
 
-int i2c_control(struct i2c_client *client,
-       unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-       int ret = 0;
-       struct i2c_adapter *adap = client->adapter;
-
-       dev_dbg(&client->adapter->dev, "i2c ioctl, cmd: 0x%x, arg: %#lx\n", cmd, arg);
-       switch (cmd) {
-               case I2C_RETRIES:
-                       adap->retries = arg;
-                       break;
-               case I2C_TIMEOUT:
-                       adap->timeout = arg;
-                       break;
-               default:
-                       if (adap->algo->algo_control!=NULL)
-                               ret = adap->algo->algo_control(adap,cmd,arg);
-       }
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_control);
-
 /* ----------------------------------------------------
  * the i2c address scanning function
  * Will not work for 10-bit addresses!
 
                                return -EFAULT;
                }
                return res;
-
+       case I2C_RETRIES:
+               client->adapter->retries = arg;
+               break;
+       case I2C_TIMEOUT:
+               client->adapter->timeout = arg;
+               break;
        default:
-               return i2c_control(client,cmd,arg);
+               /* NOTE:  returning a fault code here could cause trouble
+                * in buggy userspace code.  Some old kernel bugs returned
+                * zero in this case, and userspace code might accidentally
+                * have depended on that bug.
+                */
+               return -ENOTTY;
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
                           unsigned short flags, char read_write,
                           u8 command, int size, union i2c_smbus_data * data);
 
-       /* --- ioctl like call to set div. parameters. */
-       int (*algo_control)(struct i2c_adapter *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
-
        /* To determine what the adapter supports */
        u32 (*functionality) (struct i2c_adapter *);
 };
                struct i2c_client_address_data *address_data,
                int (*found_proc) (struct i2c_adapter *, int, int));
 
-/* An ioctl like call to set div. parameters of the adapter.
- */
-extern int i2c_control(struct i2c_client *,unsigned int, unsigned long);
-
 extern struct i2c_adapter* i2c_get_adapter(int id);
 extern void i2c_put_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap);