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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-06 10:08:07 +0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-06 10:08:07 +0400 |
commit | ea2aca084ba82aaf7c148d04914ceed8758ce08a (patch) | |
tree | dcb3f4f849cf48deac2dd3bafd5c2cd2f0e7dc79 /Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | |
parent | f3032be921cd126615ce3bfd7084e3d319f3f892 (diff) | |
parent | c5a78ac00c400df29645e59938700301efb371d0 (diff) | |
download | linux-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
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/writing-clients')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
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) |