Re: [PATCH 0/5] Series to add device tree naming to i2c

["Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>]

On 12/11/07, Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > Respin to split error return fixups out of mpc-i2c to of_platform chang=
e
> >
> > The following series implements standard linux module aliasing for i2c =
modules
> > It then converts the mpc i2c driver from being a platform driver to an =
open
> > firmware one. I2C device names are picked up from the device tree. Modu=
le
> > aliasing is used to translate from device tree names into to linux kern=
el
> > names. Several i2c drivers are updated to use the new aliasing.
>
> Is there any relationship of these patches with commit
> cee37ae4071740cb190d1ac4ddb7aa77484aa7b3?

That commit appears to be removing an entry for i2c in
mod_devicetable.h. But there was never any code in place to use that
struct which is why it was removed.

I have added the struct back with a name field instead of an id. My
patches also include the code necessary to make it all work.

>
> Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> Date:   Sat Oct 13 23:56:29 2007 +0200
>
>     i2c: Kill struct i2c_device_id
>
>     I2C devices do not have any form of ID as PCI or USB devices have.
>     No driver uses "MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, ...)" because it doesn't
>     make sense. So we can get rid of struct i2c_device_id and the
>     associated support code.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
>     Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Geert Uytterhoeven
> Software Architect
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Jon Smirl
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