For MPC adapter there is no class assigned as it is done in other adapters. This way no new-style client will ever be instantiated, if not noted in device tree or forced. With this patch class assignment is read from device tree. If class assignment is not set in device tree .class stays default (0) Necessary device tree entry: linux,i2c-class = <1>; /* I2C_CLASS_HWMON (iic.h) */ Based on kernel 2.6.29 Signed-off-by: Michael Lawnick <ml.lawnick@xxxxxx> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sang, Wolfram <w.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c @@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static int __devinit fsl_i2c_probe(struct of_device *op, const struct of_device_ { int result = 0; struct mpc_i2c *i2c; - + int *of_val; + i2c = kzalloc(sizeof(*i2c), GFP_KERNEL); if (!i2c) return -ENOMEM; @@ -354,6 +355,10 @@ static int __devinit fsl_i2c_probe(struct of_device *op, const struct of_device_ dev_set_drvdata(&op->dev, i2c); i2c->adap = mpc_ops; + of_val = of_get_property(op->node, "linux,i2c-class", NULL); + if(of_val) + i2c->adap.class = *of_val; + i2c_set_adapdata(&i2c->adap, i2c); i2c->adap.dev.parent = &op->dev; -- Michael Lawnick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html