On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 01:26:36PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > Currently the I2C framework insists on devices supplying an I2C ID > table. Many of the devices which do so unnecessarily adding quite a > few wasted lines to kernel code. This patch allows drivers a means > to 'not' supply the aforementioned table and match on either DT > and/or ACPI match tables instead. > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> Sadly, it is not that easy... > + /* > + * An I2C ID table is not madatory, if and only if, a suitable Device > + * Tree and/or ACPI match table entry is supplied for the probing > + * device. > + */ That means we end up with drivers which cannot be used for run-time instantiation via the 'new_device'-file in sysfs. I don't like that.
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