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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst index 665bf00792ba..e558e0a77e0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst @@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ In general, the kernel should know which I2C devices are connected and what addresses they live at. However, in certain cases, it does not, so a sysfs interface was added to let the user provide the information. This interface is made of 2 attribute files which are created in every I2C bus -directory: new_device and delete_device. Both files are write only and you -must write the right parameters to them in order to properly instantiate, -respectively delete, an I2C device. +directory: ``new_device`` and ``delete_device``. Both files are write +only and you must write the right parameters to them in order to properly +instantiate, respectively delete, an I2C device. -File new_device takes 2 parameters: the name of the I2C device (a string) -and the address of the I2C device (a number, typically expressed in -hexadecimal starting with 0x, but can also be expressed in decimal.) +File ``new_device`` takes 2 parameters: the name of the I2C device (a +string) and the address of the I2C device (a number, typically expressed +in hexadecimal starting with 0x, but can also be expressed in decimal.) -File delete_device takes a single parameter: the address of the I2C +File ``delete_device`` takes a single parameter: the address of the I2C device. As no two devices can live at the same address on a given I2C segment, the address is sufficient to uniquely identify the device to be deleted. |