Hello, On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Dev Null <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I have been using the I2C driver and the driver detection routine through > attach_adapter in that driver. In attach_adapter, I am calling i2c_probe > i2c_core call back function for the device detection. > There is an another way of detecting the I2C device through probe routine > and detect routine. > I have looked into i2c.h and the author has mentioned that attach_adapter > and detach_adapter routines are for legacy drivers. > Is attach_adapter and detach_adapter way of driver detection method okay to > use?
IMO, the simplest way is using probe/remove in struct i2c_driver and use i2c_board_info and i2c_device_id to match it with your device. You do not have to use attach_adapter and detach_adapter. > I have been getting some issue in the SMBus through i2c-core. Do you think > this could be the source of that issue? What kind of issue ? Regards, Silesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
