From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (Greg KH) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:13:26 -0700 Subject: [RESEND PATCH v3 1/2] i2c: change id to let i2c-gpio work In-Reply-To: <1350364668-21280-1-git-send-email-voice.shen@atmel.com> References: <1350364668-21280-1-git-send-email-voice.shen@atmel.com> Message-ID: <20121016071326.GD5172@kroah.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 01:17:47PM +0800, Bo Shen wrote: > From: voice > > The i2c core driver will turn the platform device ID to busnum > When using platfrom device ID as -1, it means dynamically assigned > the busnum. When writing code, we need to make sure the busnum, > and call i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, ...) to register device > if using -1, we do not know the value of busnum > > In order to solve this issue, set the platform device ID as a fix number > Here using 0 to match the busnum used in i2c_regsiter_board_info() > > Signed-off-by: Bo Shen > --- > Resend > Cc linux kernel stable mailing list > Change since v2 > Fix this issue for more boards > Change since v1 > Make the commit message more clear This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly.