On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 09:49:23PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote: > On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:04:35PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 10:31:58AM +0100, Jan Glauber wrote: > > > It was reported that ipmi_ssif fails to create the > > > ipmi device on some systems if the adapter class is not containing > > > I2C_CLASS_HWMON. Fix it by setting the class. > > > > > > Reported-by: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > The intention of adapter classes is to *limit* probing to a certain > > class of devices. If a class is needed to *enable* probing, then > > something there looks wrong. From the details given, this must be solved > > elsewhere I'd say. > > Makes sense? > Yes, perfectly, the patch can be dropped. thanks, Jan