On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:17:58 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:38:04 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > Jean, is it still possible to instantiate i2c devices from the module > > command line? > > It is still possible if the driver implements the .detect() callback > (even without any address being probed by default) and uses one of the > I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros. However, these macros are planned for > removal. Their replacement is the sysfs entries I have been discussing > with Michael in the past few weeks and for which he sent a patch for me > to review. This is still on my todo list, but I am very busy these > days :( For the record, it finally happened. I posted a patch doing this on the linux-i2c list on May 4th, which can be temporarily seen at: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jdelvare/linux-2.6/jdelvare-i2c/i2c-sysfs-interface-to-instantiate-devices.patch It will be merged in 2.6.31. Potential users are invited to give it a try and comment by then. Hopefully we can then deprecate the ugly I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros, and get rid of them 2 kernels later. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare -- 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
