[PATCH 3/3] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT'ed and/or ACPI'ed devices

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Tue Jun 3 01:11:09 PDT 2014


On Mon, 02 Jun 2014, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Mon,  2 Jun 2014 14:41:03 +0100, Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> wrote:
> > Currently the I2C framework insists on devices supplying an I2C ID
> > table.  Many of the devices which do so unnecessarily adding quite a
> > few wasted lines to kernel code.  This patch allows drivers a means
> > to 'not' supply the aforementioned table and match on either DT
> > and/or ACPI match tables instead.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> 
> Looks reasonable.

Can I add your Ack?

> g.
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> > index d0c7180..811b78f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> > @@ -271,7 +271,18 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
> >  		return 0;
> >  
> >  	driver = to_i2c_driver(dev->driver);
> > -	if (!driver->probe || !driver->id_table)
> > +	if (!driver->probe)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * An I2C ID table is not madatory, if and only if, a suitable Device
> > +	 * Tree and/or ACPI match table entry is supplied for the probing
> > +	 * device.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * TODO: Provide 'device type' to 'ACPI node' call and match here.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!driver->id_table &&
> > +	    !of_match_device(dev->driver->of_match_table, dev))
> >  		return -ENODEV;
> >  
> >  	if (!device_can_wakeup(&client->dev))
> 

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