Hi Kalhan,
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:03:56 +0530 (IST), kalhan trisal wrote:
> Hello,
> I have platform which has 5 hw devices and I want single driver
> to control all the devices.
Bad idea. This will make your code non-reusable, meaning that nobody
will be interested in it.
> I donot need probe as I know the devices are present and I know all
> the slave address. The interface for read write is using sysfs and
> I am planning to put it under hwmon. These all devices are separate
> chips.
>
> Can I do this please let me know.
>
>
> struct foo_data {
> struct i2c_client client_data[5];
> };
>
> int foo_detect_client(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address,
> unsigned short flags, int kind)
This interface is deprecated, so no new driver will be allowed to use
it. Please use the (new) standard .probe() method instead.
> {
> int err = 0;
> int i;
> int addrtemp[]= {0x42,0x45,0x46,0x47,0x48};
> struct i2c_client *new_client;
> struct foo_data *data;
> const char *client_name = "";
>
> For(i=0;i<5;i++)
> {
You will have to fix your coding style as well.
> new_client = &data->client_data[i];
> new_client->addr = addrtemp[i];
> new_client->data = data; //lets consider it is same
> new_client->adapter = adapter;
> new_client->driver = &foo_driver;
> new_client->flags = 0;
>
> strcpy(new_client->name,client_name);
> /* Tell the i2c layer a new client has arrived */
> if ((err = i2c_attach_client(new_client)))
> }
> }
--
Jean Delvare
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