On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:14:53PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > Commit 959e85f7, "i2c: add OF-style registration and binding" caused a > module dependency loop where of_i2c.c calls functions in i2c-core, and > i2c-core calls of_i2c_register_devices() in of_i2c. This means that > when i2c support is built as a module when CONFIG_OF is set, then > neither i2c_core nor of_i2c are able to be loaded. > > This patch fixes the problem by moving the of_i2c_register_devices() > function into the body of i2c_core and renaming it to > i2c_scan_of_devices (of_i2c_register_devices is analogous to the > existing i2c_scan_static_board_info function and so should be named > similarly). This function isn't called by any code outside of > i2c_core, and it must always be present when CONFIG_OF is selected, so > it makes sense to locate it there. When CONFIG_OF is not selected, > of_i2c_register_devices() becomes a no-op. I sort of go with this one. -- Ben Q: What's a light-year? A: One-third less calories than a regular year. -- 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
