From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Allow i2c_add_numbered_adapter() to assign a bus id. Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:53:30 +0200 Message-ID: <20110705105330.63c113c8@endymion.delvare> References: <20110627185505.19423.64214.stgit@ponder> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Grant Likely Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Ben Dooks , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Dirk Brandewie , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , John Bonesio , Stephen Warren List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Hi Grant, Sorry for the late answer. On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:02:45 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Grant Likely > wrote: > > Currently, if an i2c bus driver supports both static and dynamic bu= s > > ids, it needs to choose between calling i2c_add_numbered_adapter() = and > > i2c_add_adapter(). =A0This patch makes i2c_add_numbered_adapter() > > redirect to i2c_add_adapter() if the requested bus id is -1. > > > > Signed-off-by: Grant Likely >=20 > Oops, forgot to edit the email before sending the patch. >=20 > This patch is as-yet untested other than build testing, but I want to > get feedback. With the move to DT on ARM, there are going to be a lo= t > more i2c bus drivers that need to support both static and dynamically > allocated busses, and it is very likely that it will be needed in the > v3.1 merge window. >=20 > Ben/Jean, *IF* this patch tests out okay, and *IF* I get an ack from > you, it will probably need to have this commit in my devicetree/next > branch. If so, then I'll either need to commit it myself, or have it > put into a separate topic branch that both of us can merge into our > trees. What is your preference. >=20 > John: this is the patch that I asked you to write earlier today, but = I > think one of the TI folks will run into the same issue, so I wanted t= o > get it drafted and onto the list ASAP. If this makes your life easier then I have no objection, you can go ahead. I don't expect any conflict with my tree as there is no i2c-core work going on on my end at the moment. So you can just take it in your tree and merge it yourself as you see fit. Acked-by: Jean Delvare --=20 Jean Delvare