I was attempting to port a 2.4 kernel patch by Abraham van der Merwe that splits the support of the DS1307 into 3 parts (device, nvram and rtc). With the removal of i2c_get_client, what is the recommended method for writting a driver like this? Thanks --eric Greg KH wrote: >[PATCH] i2c: i2c_get_client is gone > >The i2c_get_client function doesn't exist anymore, so we shouldn't >have a definition for it in i2c.h. > >Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse.de> > >--- >commit 482c788ded0aa9710722eaf9cf60886d3b923218 >tree a66b5810e0db6061da847c1edd73f3e2fa0c5f32 >parent 92b429461228f0f06a994dd3d4ccf1c9ff7596bd >author Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:06:08 +0100 >committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse.de> Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:16:22 -0800 > > include/linux/i2c.h | 13 ++----------- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h >index 85c517a..a9cea62 100644 >--- a/include/linux/i2c.h >+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h >@@ -296,17 +296,8 @@ extern int i2c_del_driver(struct i2c_dri > extern int i2c_attach_client(struct i2c_client *); > extern int i2c_detach_client(struct i2c_client *); > >-/* New function: This is to get an i2c_client-struct for controlling the >- client either by using i2c_control-function or having the >- client-module export functions that can be used with the i2c_client >- -struct. */ >-extern struct i2c_client *i2c_get_client(int driver_id, int adapter_id, >- struct i2c_client *prev); >- >-/* Should be used with new function >- extern struct i2c_client *i2c_get_client(int,int,struct i2c_client *); >- to make sure that client-struct is valid and that it is okay to access >- the i2c-client. >+/* Should be used to make sure that client-struct is valid and that it >+ is okay to access the i2c-client. > returns -ENODEV if client has gone in the meantime */ > extern int i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *); > extern int i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *); > > >_______________________________________________ >lm-sensors mailing list >lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org >http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors > >
