Re: [PATCH v3] hwmon: lm75: Add __devinit and __devexit section initializers

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Lawnick [mailto:ml.lawnick@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 2:52 PM
> To: Datta, Shubhrajyoti
> Cc: lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  [PATCH v3] hwmon: lm75: Add __devinit and
> __devexit section initializers
> 
> Shubhrajyoti D said the following:
> ...
> 
> > -static int
> > +static int __devinit
> >  lm75_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
> Are you sure?
> If I understand correctly, this function will be thrown away after
> system/module init. But what's about devices that are added later?
> I would expect them to crash on init...
As all of these are I2C devices are I2C I thought it makes sense.
Are you aware of devices that can be plugged/wired runtime?

> 
> --
> KR
> Michael

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