Instead of documenting old-style probes, reference "simple probes" and document the i2c_match_id function. This might help reduce the use of two-argument probes in new code. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/i2c/writing-clients.rst | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients.rst b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients.rst index 978cc8210bf3..e3b126cf4a3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients.rst @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ driver model device node, and its I2C address. }, .id_table = foo_idtable, - .probe = foo_probe, + .probe_new = foo_probe, .remove = foo_remove, /* if device autodetection is needed: */ .class = I2C_CLASS_SOMETHING, @@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ those devices, and a remove() method to unbind. :: - static int foo_probe(struct i2c_client *client, - const struct i2c_device_id *id); + static int foo_probe(struct i2c_client *client); static int foo_remove(struct i2c_client *client); Remember that the i2c_driver does not create those client handles. The @@ -165,8 +164,12 @@ handle may be used during foo_probe(). If foo_probe() reports success foo_remove() returns. That binding model is used by most Linux drivers. The probe function is called when an entry in the id_table name field -matches the device's name. It is passed the entry that was matched so -the driver knows which one in the table matched. +matches the device's name. If the probe function needs that entry, it +can retrieve it using + +:: + + const struct i2c_device_id *id = i2c_match_id(foo_idtable, client); Device Creation -- 2.27.0
