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From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT'ed and/or
 ACPI'ed devices
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 20:25:16 +0100
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> > Would you mind telling me what I have changed that affects drivers
> > registering via Sysfs?
>=20
> Check Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices, method 4. If a driver
> does not have i2c_device_id, then this method won't work because the
> newly created device has no of_node or ACPI_node and nothing will mat=
ch.
> Looking at the bigger picture, I'd really like to keep this feature.
> People use it.

Right, I read the function which provides the functionality, but my
point is; I don't think my patch changes the semantics in a way which
would adversely affect this option.  If you think that it does, can you
specify how please?

Does the sysfs method create a i2c_device_id table?  If not, how does
it probe successfully pre-patch?

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