Am 13.11.2012 19:55, schrieb Jean Delvare:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:06:07 +0100, Alexander Holler wrote:
This makes it possible to define i2c-devices at the kernel command line
or as a module parameter for bus-drivers which want to offer such
an functionality.
Drivers which are using it will have the a parameter named
devices with format devname1@addr1,devname2@addr2,...
e.g. devices=ds1307@0x68,pcf8563@0x51
No, no, no. We did that 10 years ago, killed all the code 3 years ago
[1], let's not do the same mistake again, please. We have a sysfs
interface for instantiating clients dynamically from user-space, it's
way more powerful and flexible than your proposal. Just try plugging two
So how do I define a device, e.g. an RTC which I want to have alive
before userland starts? Currently imho not possible.
different i2c-tiny-usb adapters on the same system and see the new code
instantiate the wrong devices...
I know about that, but it probes and you don't have to use that
parameter at all. I think some people can think for their self,
especially those how would use such a parameter.
[1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=7f508118b1c1f9856a1c899a2bd4867a962b0225
I think my patch looks nicier.
Alexander
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