From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Dooks Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-gpio: add board_info to pdata Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:42:05 +0300 Message-ID: <55375EDD.6050405@codethink.co.uk> References: <1426594495-31844-1-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> <20150327154831.GE27238@katana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150327154831.GE27238@katana> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Wolfram Sang Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-4yDnlxn2s6sWdaTGBSpHTA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 27/03/15 17:48, Wolfram Sang wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:14:55PM +0000, Ben Dooks wrote: >> Add board_info so that the i2c-gpio driver can probe devices on >> probe so that i2c_register_board_info() does not need to be used. >> This is preferable for devices that get hotplugged as otherwise >> we need to do i2c_unregister_board_info() which would be more >> code. >> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks > > Why can't you use static bus numbers? Or instantiating from > userspace? the static bus numbers where a pain on a system with dynamically added i2c busses such as the i2c-mux instatiations. - -- Ben Dooks http://www.codethink.co.uk/ Senior Engineer Codethink - Providing Genius -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVN17dAAoJEMuhVOkVU3uz/GoIANcu1JAbx0OEDzyhXCLkkS/3 60E/S6n6bitIRBWtxLGbCeKcPGzavSPHUQHxF/9C9m1Ekr4HIkihsTdmTwnOYgh6 HzBbxlx0nJCGE8gBvKeCZ9UVosazPSMELsU/+MlkZh9waTIQ7bTF84USj5LPr0Y6 XuOt1XOtrTNiJGLyoN2SHVfDdwWd2SKfN3zlRGZMaC6OJ5g3zzaelE0UA7jj+2/N e6vMnDCfcD/99lGnzKVqNEN3zhGy0zRjgft4deLCY6in6bKIUi+NFw2Nky/aUJWT yKjf3ltvmj/5SbL+AF3l6ONv+NvVBLEHJlDgxLzKmbKFp7EoclhpP1RiL919Ej8= =7Geh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----