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| author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2005-07-31 23:42:02 +0400 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-09-05 20:14:20 +0400 |
| commit | 2ed2dc3c116d26fc6a9384e83d136b15cc203b6c (patch) | |
| tree | c79308b2cfe55eaddc95c47cbcafa6e0cae27413 /Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | |
| parent | b78ec31582c60578ee1d3bb470791d6dde96ccf7 (diff) | |
| download | linux-2ed2dc3c116d26fc6a9384e83d136b15cc203b6c.tar.xz | |
[PATCH] hwmon: hwmon vs i2c, second round (04/11)
i2c_probe and i2c_detect now do the exact same thing and operate on
the same data structure, so we can have everyone call i2c_probe.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/writing-clients')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | 19 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 7e2a8f11c220..43d7928056ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ are defined in i2c.h to help you support them, as well as a generic detection algorithm. You do not have to use this parameter interface; but don't try to use -function i2c_probe() (or i2c_detect()) if you don't. +function i2c_probe() if you don't. NOTE: If you want to write a `sensors' driver, the interface is slightly different! See below. @@ -259,17 +259,10 @@ detected at a specific address, another callback is called. return i2c_probe(adapter,&addr_data,&foo_detect_client); } -For `sensors' drivers, use the i2c_detect function instead: - - int foo_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter) - { - return i2c_detect(adapter,&addr_data,&foo_detect_client); - } - Remember, structure `addr_data' is defined by the macros explained above, so you do not have to define it yourself. -The i2c_probe or i2c_detect function will call the foo_detect_client +The i2c_probe function will call the foo_detect_client function only for those i2c addresses that actually have a device on them (unless a `force' parameter was used). In addition, addresses that are already in use (by some other registered client) are skipped. @@ -278,11 +271,9 @@ are already in use (by some other registered client) are skipped. The detect client function -------------------------- -The detect client function is called by i2c_probe or i2c_detect. -The `kind' parameter contains 0 if this call is due to a `force' -parameter, and -1 otherwise (for i2c_detect, it contains 0 if -this call is due to the generic `force' parameter, and the chip type -number if it is due to a specific `force' parameter). +The detect client function is called by i2c_probe. The `kind' parameter +contains -1 for a probed detection, 0 for a forced detection, or a positive +number for a forced detection with a chip type forced. Below, some things are only needed if this is a `sensors' driver. Those parts are between /* SENSORS ONLY START */ and /* SENSORS ONLY END */ |