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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-06 10:08:07 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-06 10:08:07 +0400
commitea2aca084ba82aaf7c148d04914ceed8758ce08a (patch)
treedcb3f4f849cf48deac2dd3bafd5c2cd2f0e7dc79 /Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
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parentc5a78ac00c400df29645e59938700301efb371d0 (diff)
downloadlinux-ea2aca084ba82aaf7c148d04914ceed8758ce08a.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index ee75cbace28d..d4cd4126d1ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -25,12 +25,23 @@ routines, and should be zero-initialized except for fields with data you
provide. A client structure holds device-specific information like the
driver model device node, and its I2C address.
+/* iff driver uses driver model ("new style") binding model: */
+
+static struct i2c_device_id foo_idtable[] = {
+ { "foo", my_id_for_foo },
+ { "bar", my_id_for_bar },
+ { }
+};
+
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, foo_idtable);
+
static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = {
.driver = {
.name = "foo",
},
/* iff driver uses driver model ("new style") binding model: */
+ .id_table = foo_ids,
.probe = foo_probe,
.remove = foo_remove,
@@ -173,10 +184,9 @@ handle may be used during foo_probe(). If foo_probe() reports success
(zero not a negative status code) it may save the handle and use it until
foo_remove() returns. That binding model is used by most Linux drivers.
-Drivers match devices when i2c_client.driver_name and the driver name are
-the same; this approach is used in several other busses that don't have
-device typing support in the hardware. The driver and module name should
-match, so hotplug/coldplug mechanisms will modprobe the driver.
+The probe function is called when an entry in the id_table name field
+matches the device's name. It is passed the entry that was matched so
+the driver knows which one in the table matched.
Device Creation (Standard driver model)