Re: [PATCH v2] i2c/mux: Driver for PCA9541 I2C Master Selector

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Hi Jean,

On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 13:06 -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
[ ... ]
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * I2C init/probing/exit functions
> > + */
> > +static int __devinit pca9541_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> > +                                const struct i2c_device_id *id)
> 
> The use of __devinit and __devexit isn't recommended for i2c drivers.
> If your driver is built into the kernel but the underlying i2c bus
> driver is build as a module, you're in trouble.
> 
I don't mind changing this, but ... the code is copied from pca954x.c,
which also uses __devinit and __devexit for the same functions. Wouldn't
that be a problem there as well ? Or am I missing something ?

Thanks,
Guenter

 



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