I guess you've identified the difference. There's a fair amount of discussion in doc/writing-clients in the i2c tree, but that document doesn't really specify the difference either. mds Greg KH wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone tell me why both i2c_probe() and i2c_detect() are in the > kernel at the same time? They both almost do the same thing, with the > exception being i2c_detect() can handle i2c devices on the isa bus. > > It kind of looks like the older i2c code and drivers used the > i2c_probe() call, while the lm_sensors code used i2c_detect(). > > If there are no objections, I'll merge the two of them, cutting about 2k > out of the kernel :) > > thanks, > > greg k-h >
