From: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Chuck Kamas <ckamas-mizZ2TCXIxVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: How to manually call i2c_client's probe from i2c-dev.c ioctl
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:52:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090916225247.2094619b@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C62896630644CE43BF64B0FF0AC27F0E18153F-RKsfjrak5bi0VCHWTNMfawC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:56:37 -0700, Chuck Kamas wrote:
> I am trying to backport Michael's patch to add PROBE and REMOVE ioctls
> to 2.6.21
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.i2c/3339/match=ioctls+probe
>
> I have been able to add the IOCTLS and re-compile the kernel module, but
> am confused as to what function to call in the old device model. I
> believe that I should use i2c_attach_client() from i2c-core.c. Is this
> correct?
You are backporting a patch which was rejected upstream, to a model
which is deprecated. It's probably time to reconsider your technical
choices.
--
Jean Delvare
http://khali.linux-fr.org/wishlist.html
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2009-09-16 16:56 How to manually call i2c_client's probe from i2c-dev.c ioctl Chuck Kamas
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2009-09-16 20:52 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
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2009-09-16 23:25 ` Chuck Kamas
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2009-09-17 7:26 ` Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20090917092612.53327f80-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-17 15:45 ` Chuck Kamas
[not found] ` <C62896630644CE43BF64B0FF0AC27F0E1815EC-RKsfjrak5bi0VCHWTNMfawC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-17 16:04 ` Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20090917180407.5460bf33-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2009-09-17 16:38 ` Chuck Kamas
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