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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 97e138cbb2a9..077275722a7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -241,9 +241,10 @@ Below, some things are only needed if this is a `sensors' driver. Those parts are between /* SENSORS ONLY START */ and /* SENSORS ONLY END */ markers. -This function should only return an error (any value != 0) if there is -some reason why no more detection should be done anymore. If the -detection just fails for this address, return 0. +Returning an error different from -ENODEV in a detect function will cause +the detection to stop: other addresses and adapters won't be scanned. +This should only be done on fatal or internal errors, such as a memory +shortage or i2c_attach_client failing. For now, you can ignore the `flags' parameter. It is there for future use. |