On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:27:27 +0100, Karol Lewandowski <k.lewandowsk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 16.03.2012 13:19, Karol Lewandowski wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > i2c controller drivers used to assume bus number 0 when none (-1) was specified. > > > > This worked on non-device tree systems, where one could explicitly specify > > bus number via platform data. On DT-enabled systems bus number is always -1. > > > > Some drivers assume bus number 0 when -1 is specified. This patchset kills > > this logic and switches to dynamic bus allocation (default when -1 is provided[1]). > > > [ I must have lost actual problem description while rewording > message itself... ] > > Problem arises when multiple drivers (or multiple instances > of one driver) try to assume the same fixed bus number (0). > > This causes simply causes i2c_add_numbered_bus() to fail. > Leaving -1 works perfectly, as registration function switches > to dynamic id registration. Patch series looks good to me. You'll need acks from the affected users. g. -- 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
