[PATCH v3 2/2] i2c: change id to let i2c-at91 work

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Mon Oct 15 11:02:44 EDT 2012


On 17:30 Mon 15 Oct     , Bo Shen wrote:
> The i2c core 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()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bo Shen <voice.shen at atmel.com>
> ---

can you check when this append for the first time to schedule a patch for stable too

Best Regards,
J.



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