The matching process described for new style clients in
Documentation/i2c/writing-clients is classed as out-of-date
as it requires the presence of an .id_table entry in the
driver's i2c_driver entry.
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: linux-2.6.26-rc4-quilt3/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.26-rc4-quilt3.orig/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
2008-06-03 17:31:39.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc4-quilt3/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients 2008-06-03
17:37:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,12 +25,23 @@ routines, and should be zero-initialized
provide. A client structure holds device-specific information like the
driver model device node, and its I2C address.
+/* iff driver uses driver model ("new style") binding model: */
+
+static struct i2c_device_id foo_idtable[] = {
+ { "foo", my_id_for_foo },
+ { "bar", my_id_for_bar },
+ { }
+};
+
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, foo_idtable);
+
static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = {
.driver = {
.name = "foo",
},
/* iff driver uses driver model ("new style") binding model: */
+ .id_table = foo_ids,
.probe = foo_probe,
.remove = foo_remove,
@@ -173,10 +184,15 @@ handle may be used during foo_probe().
(zero not a negative status code) it may save the handle and use it until
foo_remove() returns. That binding model is used by most Linux drivers.
-Drivers match devices when i2c_client.driver_name and the driver name are
-the same; this approach is used in several other busses that don't have
-device typing support in the hardware. The driver and module name should
-match, so hotplug/coldplug mechanisms will modprobe the driver.
+Drivers match devices when an entry in the id_table[x].name and the
+device name are the same; this approach is used in several other busses
+that don't have device typing support in the hardware. The driver and
+module name should match, so hotplug/coldplug mechanisms will modprobe
+the driver.
+
+The id argument to the probe function will be the id_table entry matched
+during the probe, so that a device can support more than one flavour of
+similar device.
Device Creation (Standard driver model)
--
Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.fluff.org/)
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