[PATCH v2] i2c: change the id to let the i2c-gpio work
Nicolas Ferre
nicolas.ferre at atmel.com
Mon Oct 15 04:12:43 EDT 2012
On 10/15/2012 04:09 AM, Bo Shen :
> Hi Joachim Eastwood,
>
> On 10/13/2012 1:42, Joachim Eastwood wrote:
>> Hi Bo Shen,
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Bo Shen <voice.shen at atmel.com> wrote:
>>> The i2c-gpio driver will turn the platform device ID to busnum.
>>> When using platfrom device ID as -1, it means dynamically assigned
>>> the busnum. When writing code, we need to make sure the busnum,
>>> and call i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, ...) to register device
>>> if using -1, we do not know the value of busnum.
>>>
>>> In order to solve this issue, set the platform device ID as a fix number
>>> Here using 0 to match the busnum used in i2c_regsiter_board_info().
>>
>> I have been bitten by this myself on RM9200.
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bo Shen <voice.shen at atmel.com>
>>> ---
>>> Change since v1
>>> Make the commit message more clear
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c | 2 +-
>>
>> This pattern exist in at91rm9200_devices.c, at91sam9261_devices.c,
>> at91sam9263_devices.c and at91sam9rl_devices.c you might want to fix
>> them as well.
>
> Thanks for your information.
> After I test these boards, I will send patches to fix them, while not in
> this patch.
I am in favor of doing a comprehensive patch series that covers all
aspects of this issue:
- each boards
- both i2c-gpio and i2c-at91 cases
Bye,
--
Nicolas Ferre
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